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A non-profit organization called The FermiExplorer Mission has been founded to launch the first spacecraft to another star, Alpha Centauri, by 2029, aiming to make interstellar travel a reality and address the Fermi Paradox.
A private group led by Philip Johnston announces the Fermi Explorer mission to send a low-cost spacecraft to Alpha Centauri to investigate the Fermi paradox, aiming for a launch by 2029 using existing technology.
A metallurgist critiques the feasibility of self-replicating space probes, highlighting material science challenges such as beneficiation in microgravity, reduction metallurgy without an industrial base, and the closure problem in spacecraft self-replication.
Elon Musk discusses the Fermi paradox and the rarity of intelligence as a possible explanation for why we haven't encountered aliens, in a conversation shared via Y Combinator and Garry Tan.