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Fermi Explorer

Fermi Explorer

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Oct 31, 2026

Adi OlteanGUEST
13:06
And we are capitalizing on that and using the same thing, the same technology in space as well.
Molly O’SheaHOST
13:12
For those who don't know about the Fermi Explorer mission, can you explain that and why it's significant for you?
Philip JohnstonGUEST
13:17
Yeah, so my co-founders Adi Ezra and I have created a nonprofit with a few others, Kamgifaran and others.
Philip JohnstonGUEST
13:25
We created a nonprofit to send the first spacecraft to the nearest star.
Scott ManleyHOST
22:20
I did a whole video on this, you can go and watch it.
Scott ManleyHOST
22:24
On the 1st of September, the founders of the Orbital Data Center startup StarCloud, they stood up a nonprofit mission called Fermi Explorer.
Scott ManleyHOST
22:34
And this mission has one goal and that is to reach Alpha Centauri, about 80,000 years from now.
Scott ManleyHOST
22:41
Yeah, this is thinking long term.
Ciara MurphyGUEST
2:10
Yes.
Ciara MurphyGUEST
2:11
So on the 1st of September, there is a U.S. nonprofit organization called Fermi Explorer Mission, and they've announced plans to launch launch humanity's first international interstellar spacecraft towards the Alpha Centauri system.
Ciara MurphyGUEST
2:25
And they're hoping to do this before the end of 2029.
Ciara MurphyGUEST
2:28
And it's a mission that's going to take about 80,000 years.
Simon RoseHOST
3:03
Yes.
Steve CaplinHOST
3:04
The Fermi Explorer.
Steve CaplinHOST
3:06
It is the first rocket mission to our newest star, Proxima Centauri.
Steve CaplinHOST
3:14
which they say will be launching in 2028.

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