The research-and-development arm of the U.S. military is launching a 100-Year Starship Study to find the technologies necessary for interstellar travel.
Though it may sound like a premise of a science-fiction show or reality-TV series, the research and development arm of the U.S. military is launching a study to find the technologies necessary for interstellar travel. (Christie's Images Ltd.)
What will it take to build a spaceship capable of traveling to the stars? And what if you wanted it to be ready to launch in just 100 years?
It may sound like the premise of a science fiction show or reality TV series. But these are serious questions being asked by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the research-and-development arm of the U.S. military.
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