Scientists Have a Radical Plan to Travel to the Nearest Star System Within a Human Lifetime.
This idea has been around a little while now and this particular variant allows for a heavier payload.
But, with all the Star Trek references, no one points out that the probe will spend a very short time in the target system. About 7 hours. It's not nothing, but it's not very much like Star Trek, after all. A fast fly by.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a63374262/electron-beam-rocket/
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