Ken O’Brien
In later December, 2011 a branch of the U.S. Government notified the winner of a competition to plan for the first interstellar travel by human beings.
According to the BBC, “The Pentagon's premiere research agency has chosen a former astronaut to lead a foundation that is designed to take humanity to the stars.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) and Nasa are sponsoring the project, known as the 100-Year Starship.
Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to go into space, was notified last week that she had won, according to a copy of a Darpa letter obtained by the BBC.”
