Humanity's First Interstellar Spacecraft to Alpha Centauri Sparks Buzz
rand_longevity · x · 2026-09-02
Reacting to Alexander Wissner-Gross's article on the first interstellar spacecraft aimed at Alpha Centauri, randlongevity quips that we're about to leave the solar system. The piece frames it as the Singularity era's first deliberate shot at another star system, opening with the 1977 Voyager 'bottles into the cosmic ocean' analogy.
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