section_path: Future of space exploration/Breakthrough Starshot
section_name: Breakthrough Starshot
paragraph_text: Breakthrough Starshot
  
  Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail spacecraft named StarChip, to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.37 light-years away. It was founded in 2016 by Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, and Mark Zuckerberg.