A Former SpaceX Engineer Told Me A Probe Could Get to Alpha Centauri In My Lifetime. I Am 46 Years Old and ‘Would Need to Stay Really Healthy’

A Former SpaceX Engineer Told Me A Probe Could Get to Alpha Centauri In My Lifetime. I Am 46 Years Old and ‘Would Need to Stay Really Healthy’

One of the first things I did when I moved to a new home just south of Orlando after leaving national security think tank-land in DC was to make as many contacts in the space community as I could. I have been fortunate to meet a number of past and present SpaceX employees, and I have to say they are some of the smartest and most fascinating people I have ever met. In fact, my uncle worked for NASA, helping design and maintain the Space Shuttle b…