Interstellar

[XFool]

Interstellar probe: A mission for the generations

BBC News

Imagine working on a project you know you have no hope of seeing through to completion. Would you have the motivation to even get it going?

"Absolutely, says Ralph McNutt from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) in the US.

McNutt, with colleagues, has just published a detailed report that envisions a long-lived interstellar probe - a mission to the space between the stars."

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In Medieval times, cathedrals generally took longer to build than the life expectancy of those who built them.

[Lootman]

In Medieval times, cathedrals generally took longer to build than the life expectancy of those who built them.

That still happens. Both the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool and the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City have been under construction for over 100 years and I believe that neither is completely finished.

There aren't too many stonemasons around any more.

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In Medieval times, cathedrals generally took longer to build than the life expectancy of those who built them.

That still happens. Both the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool and the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City have been under construction for over 100 years and I believe that neither is completely finished.

There aren't too many stonemasons around any more.

The Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) in Barcelona was started in 1882, according to Wikipedia.