David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Yuri Milner. Billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner wants to use a giant laser to blast small silicon chips deep into space. “Are we alone in the universe?”Last year Milner funded a $100 million “Breakthrough Starshot” project to test the feasibility of the light-sail approach. Once the star chip arrived, it would beam back images to Earth using its small laser. So 55-year-old Milner will need to wait decades before he comes within striking distance of answering his question.

Source: Forbes September 20, 2017 20:37 UTC