Nasa and Stephen Hawking are working on a nano-starship that can travel 1/5th the speed of light: 'If successful, the ship, called “StarChip” could reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, in 20 years.' • /r/worldnews

Nasa and Stephen Hawking are working on a nano-starship that can travel 1/5th the speed of light: 'If successful, the ship, called “StarChip” could reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, in 20 years.' (independent.co.uk)submitted 22 minutes ago by loading... via Pocket http://ift.tt/2gqUwiL