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Theres a non-zero chance we could send a camera-equipped spacecraft to the nearest star and get the pictures back within our lifetimes
https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/3
So if nothing else, I'm sticking around for that
No way, really? I thought that would take like insanely super long to even get there physically.
I remember it being small probes, big earth mounted pushing laser, and not stopping at the destination.