Project Daedalus
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Project Daedalus was a 1970s British Interplanetary Society study that designed an unmanned, fusion-powered interstellar probe intended to reach nearby star systems within a human lifetime.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Project Daedalus canonical | 3 |
| Project Daedalus: The Final Report of the BIS Starship Study | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T795873 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Project Daedalus Context triple: [Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion), relatedTo, Project Daedalus]
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Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion)
Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) was a mid-20th-century concept for an interplanetary and interstellar spacecraft propelled by the controlled detonation of nuclear explosives behind a massive pusher plate.
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B.
Pioneer plaque project
The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
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C.
X-10 Project
The X-10 Project was an early Manhattan Project initiative that built and operated one of the first large-scale nuclear reactors at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to produce plutonium for atomic research and weapon development.
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D.
Nomad space probe
The Nomad space probe is a fictional, highly advanced robotic spacecraft from the Star Trek universe that becomes a powerful and dangerous hybrid entity after merging with an alien probe.
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E.
Heart of Gold (spaceship)
The Heart of Gold is the revolutionary starship from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," famed for its Infinite Improbability Drive and absurd, reality-warping adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Project Daedalus Target entity description: Project Daedalus was a 1970s British Interplanetary Society study that designed an unmanned, fusion-powered interstellar probe intended to reach nearby star systems within a human lifetime.
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A.
Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion)
Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) was a mid-20th-century concept for an interplanetary and interstellar spacecraft propelled by the controlled detonation of nuclear explosives behind a massive pusher plate.
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B.
Pioneer plaque project
The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
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C.
X-10 Project
The X-10 Project was an early Manhattan Project initiative that built and operated one of the first large-scale nuclear reactors at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to produce plutonium for atomic research and weapon development.
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D.
Nomad space probe
The Nomad space probe is a fictional, highly advanced robotic spacecraft from the Star Trek universe that becomes a powerful and dangerous hybrid entity after merging with an alien probe.
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E.
Heart of Gold (spaceship)
The Heart of Gold is the revolutionary starship from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," famed for its Infinite Improbability Drive and absurd, reality-warping adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Interplanetary Society project
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interstellar spacecraft design study ⓘ space mission concept ⓘ |
| conductedBy | British Interplanetary Society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 0 ⓘ |
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| designAssumption |
no breakthroughs in physics required
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use of near-future, extrapolated technology ⓘ |
| designedCruiseVelocity |
0.12c
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12 percent of the speed of light ⓘ |
| designedDistance | approximately 6 light-years ⓘ |
| designedFor | uncrewed operation ⓘ |
| designedLaunchMass | about 54,000 tons ⓘ |
| designedMissionDuration |
about 50 years to target star
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less than a human lifetime ⓘ |
| designedPayloadMass | about 450 tons ⓘ |
| designFeature |
autonomous onboard computers
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dust and micrometeoroid protection system ⓘ fusion fuel pellets injected into reaction chamber ⓘ large fuel tanks for deuterium/helium-3 mixture ⓘ magnetic nozzle ⓘ pellet-driven fusion engine ⓘ radio communication system to transmit data to Earth ⓘ swarm of sub-probes for planetary investigation ⓘ two-stage spacecraft ⓘ |
| editor | A. R. Martin ⓘ |
| endTime | 1978 ⓘ |
| field |
astronautics
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interstellar travel ⓘ |
| fuel |
deuterium
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helium-3 ⓘ |
| goal |
demonstrate feasibility of interstellar travel using near-future technology
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reach another star system within a human lifetime ⓘ |
| influenced | Project Icarus ⓘ |
| inspired | later interstellar mission concepts ⓘ |
| missionTarget |
Barnard's Star
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nearby star systems ⓘ |
| missionType | flyby mission ⓘ |
| organization | British Interplanetary Society ⓘ |
| propulsionType |
fusion-powered
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inertial confinement fusion ⓘ |
| publication |
Project Daedalus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Project Daedalus: The Final Report of the BIS Starship Study
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| publicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| realizationStatus | never built ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | unmanned interstellar probe ⓘ |
| startTime | 1973 ⓘ |
| status | concept study only ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Project Daedalus Description of subject: Project Daedalus was a 1970s British Interplanetary Society study that designed an unmanned, fusion-powered interstellar probe intended to reach nearby star systems within a human lifetime.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Project Daedalus: The Final Report of the BIS Starship Study