Breakthrough Starshot
Sector: Science and Technology • Location: United States
Source: Scientific American
A project launched by Silicon Valley billionaire Yuri Milner, pledging to spend $100 million to send a cloud of tiny ships to Alpha Centauri. However, only a small fraction of the pledged money materialized, and the project has effectively been lost in space.
- Status
- Failure
- Sector
- Science and Technology
- Location
- United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Scientific American
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Original status | effectively lost |
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | A project launched by Silicon Valley billionaire Yuri Milner, pledging to spend $100 million to send a cloud of tiny ships to Alpha Centauri. However, only a small fraction of the pledged money materialized, and the project has effectively been lost in space. |
Original sector | Science and Technology |
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Country | United States of America (USA) |
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Source | Scientific American |
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Record type | Project |
Article published date | 2025-09-19 |
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