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Chrysalis: 36-Mile Spacecraft Set for 400-Year Journey

8/12/2025

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A groundbreaking 36-mile spacecraft named Chrysalis has been engineered to transport 2,400 passengers to Alpha Centauri over an astonishing 400 years. This generational marvel boasts rotating layers for artificial gravity, food production, and communal living, all powered by nuclear fusion. Although it triumphed in the Project Hyperion Design Competition, its ambitious vision hinges on untested technologies.

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A groundbreaking 36-mile spacecraft named Chrysalis has been engineered to transport 2,400 passengers to Alpha Centauri over an astonishing 400 years. This generational marvel boasts rotating layers for artificial gravity, food production, and communal living, all powered by nuclear fusion. Although it triumphed in the Project Hyperion Design Competition, its ambitious vision hinges on untested technologies.