#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

5861.77 - 5886.107 Adam Frank

We would figure out, like with Breakthrough Starshot, there was this idea of trying to use giant lasers to propel small spacecrafts, light sails, almost to the speed of light. So they would get there in 10 years and take pictures. And So, well, you know, if we actually made this discovery, there would be the impulse. There would be the effort to actually try and send something to get there.