The Quiet Demise of Breakthrough Starshot, a Billionaire’s Interstellar Mission to Alpha Centauri
In 2016 billionaire Yuri Milner hosted a press conference at One World Observatory, the atrium topping the slick skyscraper at the center of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex. Milner had grown rich investing in tech start-ups, and now he wanted to spend some of that money on sending a spaceship to the stars. He…
