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[Mr. Tea]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/yuri-mil...ers-1460476806

Can't read beyond the paywall but this has been in the news in a few places. Sounds a bit like von Neumann's 'astrochicken' idea, as elaborated by Freeman Dyson:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrochicken

Although I dunno if the Milner/Hawking idea is anything advanced as self-replicating automata, as von Neumann originally envisaged:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-re...ing_spacecraft

[Woebot]

Can't read beyond the paywall but this has been in the news in a few places. Sounds a bit like von Neumann's 'astrochicken' idea, as elaborated by Freeman Dyson:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrochicken

Although I dunno if the Milner/Hawking idea is anything advanced as self-replicating automata, as von Neumann originally envisaged:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-re...ing_spacecraft

this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/sc...king.html?_r=0

[Mr. Tea]

Cool.

It says the project's advisors include Avi Loeb, Saul Perlmutter, Martin Rees, Dyson and Sagan's widow. That's a pretty A-list line-up!

[HMGovt]

Cool.

It says the project's advisors include Avi Loeb, Saul Perlmutter, Martin Rees, Dyson and Sagan's widow. That's a pretty A-list line-up!

Best news story of the week. Maybe we will live to see the lights of an alien city.

I think they'll have to ditch the Earth-based beamer and develop an orbital directed energy source.

[Mr. Tea]

orbital directed energy source.

Not one of their more well known albums.

[HMGovt]

Not one of their more well known albums.

split LP with Luke Slater. E-e-e-e-e-essential.

[HMGovt]

I read a little more on this and it turns out an orbital energy source was the original plan but ground-based looks cheaper for the amount of power they'll need to make their nanocraft reach Mars in 30 MINUTES.