Long-term space program
Space program · Long-term research

Build today.
Transmit beyond us.

Qiu Jin and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin are associated with two missions in a deliberately transgenerational program.

Qiu Jin

Chinese poet, journalist and revolutionary, and a major figure in the history of women's emancipation in China.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Astrophysicist whose work transformed our understanding of stellar composition, especially the abundance of hydrogen and helium.

TARGET OPERATIONAL HORIZON: 2134

We may see the first terrestrial technologies. Future generations may see the interstellar mission reach maturity.

Gagarine orbital station
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