![Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study - Universe Today Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study - Universe Today](https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nh-newhorizonskboencounter.jpg)
Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study - Universe Today
UET Science Society - You'd launch a Von Neumann probe (that is, a spacecraft that can replicate itself) equipped with an interstellar propulsion system and send it to a neighboring star system.
![We'll be Building Self-Replicating Probes to Explore the Milky Way Sooner Than you Think. Why Haven't ETIs? - Universe Today We'll be Building Self-Replicating Probes to Explore the Milky Way Sooner Than you Think. Why Haven't ETIs? - Universe Today](https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/probe.jpg)
We'll be Building Self-Replicating Probes to Explore the Milky Way Sooner Than you Think. Why Haven't ETIs? - Universe Today
![KSP 2 before KSP 2: 16807 (on Reddit) made a working interstellar non-FTL von Neumann probe in KSP [2021 update: generation ship] - KSP1 Discussion - Kerbal Space Program Forums KSP 2 before KSP 2: 16807 (on Reddit) made a working interstellar non-FTL von Neumann probe in KSP [2021 update: generation ship] - KSP1 Discussion - Kerbal Space Program Forums](https://i.imgur.com/JwaFqsE.png)
KSP 2 before KSP 2: 16807 (on Reddit) made a working interstellar non-FTL von Neumann probe in KSP [2021 update: generation ship] - KSP1 Discussion - Kerbal Space Program Forums
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