Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announced last year that he was investing millions in the search for radio and light signals from aliens. Well, now Milner has gained a like-minded partner to help speed up his search – Stephen Hawking. Under Milner’s Breakthrough initiative, the pair has announced that they are launching a $100 million research and engineering program called Breakthrough Starshot, which they hope will lead to an eventual voyage to our nearest neighboring star system in search of extraterrestrials. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is also joining the program’s board. So, the first step for the program is to develop ‘nanocrafts’ that will be able…
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