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    Could carbon-foam probes bring interstellar flight within reach?

    Intriguing approach and saving potential $5-10B is good. But it's hard to believe that in the next 100 years we won't find a way to get to the Alpha Centauri system in less than 85 years at a lower-barrier cost (e.g. Breakthrough approach). I.e. the described approach has a high chance of being...