UK mathematician and physicist Philip Johnston, known for co-founding the $2.3 billion Starcloud orbital data center company, is leading a new private mission called Fermi Explorer. The project aims to raise $15 million to send a 1kg spacecraft to Alpha Centauri within 80,000 years, motivated by investigating the Fermi paradox.
Background
Philip Johnston is a UK-based entrepreneur known for co-founding Starcloud, a company building orbital data centers valued at $2.3 billion. The Fermi paradox questions why no evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations has been found despite the high probability of their existence.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026 at 06:00 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10