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A group of astronomers and technology entrepreneurs has announced an audacious plan to send a fleet of tiny spaceships traveling at a fifth the speed of light to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri. The plan would see humankind leap out of the solar system with the aid of an ultralight vessel made of what are essentially cellphone components and a thin, reflective light sail propelled by an eno stanley cups rmous array of Earth-based lasers. The plan was largely drafted by a team of Harvard astrophysics students and fellows led by Astronomy Department Chair Abraham Loeb. Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, was approached last summer by Yuri Milner, a Russian Internet billionaire, and Peter Word stanley quencher en, the former director of NASA s Ames Research Center. Worden is t stanley cup he executive director of the effort, called Breakthrough Starshot. Milner has pledged $100 million in seed money for the pr Cefu Learning about early learning
Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters, Mr. Ban called the loss of life resulting from the Chr stanley cups istian-Muslim clashes, which reportedly number in the hundreds, appalling. The central Nigerian city witnessed similar clashes in January, as well as in November 2009, with several hundred people being killed and many more being displaced on both o stanley mugs ccasions. Nigeria s political and religious leaders should work together to address the underlying causes and to achieve a permanent solution to the crisis in Jos stanley quencher , stated the Secretary-General. Last week, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban encouraged all Nigerians to continue supporting Acting President Goodluck Jonathan 鈥?who was chosen to lead the country while President Umaru Yar Adua recovers from illness 鈥?and the Government in overcoming its current challenges.
A group of astronomers and technology entrepreneurs has announced an audacious plan to send a fleet of tiny spaceships traveling at a fifth the speed of light to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri. The plan would see humankind leap out of the solar system with the aid of an ultralight vessel made of what are essentially cellphone components and a thin, reflective light sail propelled by an eno stanley cups rmous array of Earth-based lasers. The plan was largely drafted by a team of Harvard astrophysics students and fellows led by Astronomy Department Chair Abraham Loeb. Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, was approached last summer by Yuri Milner, a Russian Internet billionaire, and Peter Word stanley quencher en, the former director of NASA s Ames Research Center. Worden is t stanley cup he executive director of the effort, called Breakthrough Starshot. Milner has pledged $100 million in seed money for the pr Cefu Learning about early learning
Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters, Mr. Ban called the loss of life resulting from the Chr stanley cups istian-Muslim clashes, which reportedly number in the hundreds, appalling. The central Nigerian city witnessed similar clashes in January, as well as in November 2009, with several hundred people being killed and many more being displaced on both o stanley mugs ccasions. Nigeria s political and religious leaders should work together to address the underlying causes and to achieve a permanent solution to the crisis in Jos stanley quencher , stated the Secretary-General. Last week, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban encouraged all Nigerians to continue supporting Acting President Goodluck Jonathan 鈥?who was chosen to lead the country while President Umaru Yar Adua recovers from illness 鈥?and the Government in overcoming its current challenges.
