Project Longshot
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Project Longshot was a late-1980s NASA and U.S. Naval Academy concept study for an unmanned, nuclear-powered interstellar probe designed to travel to nearby stars such as Alpha Centauri.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Project Longshot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T795874 — 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 Longshot Context triple: [Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion), relatedTo, Project Longshot]
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A.
Project Alpha
Project Alpha was a famous early-1980s hoax experiment in which teenage magicians, backed by skeptic James Randi, infiltrated a parapsychology lab to expose its poor scientific controls and challenge claims of psychic phenomena.
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B.
1060 Project
1060 Project is the major renovation and modernization initiative of Wrigley Field undertaken by the Ricketts family, transforming the historic ballpark and its surrounding area.
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C.
The Empire Project
The Empire Project is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the rise, structure, and decline of the British Empire in global context.
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D.
Project Y
Project Y was the secret codename for the Los Alamos Laboratory, the central research site of the Manhattan Project where the first atomic bombs were designed and built during World War II.
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E.
Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, non-destructive, and bidirectionally linked document publishing system.
- 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 Longshot Target entity description: Project Longshot was a late-1980s NASA and U.S. Naval Academy concept study for an unmanned, nuclear-powered interstellar probe designed to travel to nearby stars such as Alpha Centauri.
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A.
Project Alpha
Project Alpha was a famous early-1980s hoax experiment in which teenage magicians, backed by skeptic James Randi, infiltrated a parapsychology lab to expose its poor scientific controls and challenge claims of psychic phenomena.
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B.
1060 Project
1060 Project is the major renovation and modernization initiative of Wrigley Field undertaken by the Ricketts family, transforming the historic ballpark and its surrounding area.
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C.
The Empire Project
The Empire Project is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the rise, structure, and decline of the British Empire in global context.
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D.
Project Y
Project Y was the secret codename for the Los Alamos Laboratory, the central research site of the Manhattan Project where the first atomic bombs were designed and built during World War II.
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E.
Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, non-destructive, and bidirectionally linked document publishing system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA concept study
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interstellar probe concept ⓘ space mission study ⓘ unmanned spacecraft design ⓘ |
| academicPartner | United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| aimedAt | reaching another star within a human lifetime ⓘ |
| category |
interstellar probe design
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nuclear-powered spacecraft concept ⓘ unrealized space mission ⓘ |
| collaborationWith |
United States Naval Academy
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surface form:
U.S. Naval Academy
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| communicationType | deep space communication (proposed) ⓘ |
| conceptualPeriod |
Cold War
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surface form:
Cold War era
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| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| crew | no crew ⓘ |
| designedAs | proof-of-concept for practical interstellar missions ⓘ |
| designedFor |
interstellar travel
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long-duration deep space mission ⓘ |
| developer |
NASA
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United States Naval Academy ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
astronautics
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interstellar propulsion ⓘ space exploration engineering ⓘ |
| inception | late 1980s ⓘ |
| intendedDestinationType | nearby stellar system ⓘ |
| missionType |
robotic space mission concept
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unmanned interstellar probe ⓘ |
| objective |
flyby of Alpha Centauri system
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interstellar exploration ⓘ scientific study of a nearby star system ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
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surface form:
NASA (proposed)
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| powerSource | nuclear reactor ⓘ |
| propulsion |
fusion rocket
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inertial confinement fusion ⓘ nuclear fusion propulsion ⓘ |
| propulsionFuel | fusion fuel ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Project Daedalus
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interstellar travel studies ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| status |
concept only
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never built ⓘ |
| targetStarSystem |
Alpha Centauri
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nearby stars ⓘ |
| timeToTarget | multiple decades (proposed) ⓘ |
| uses | nuclear power for propulsion and systems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Project Longshot Description of subject: Project Longshot was a late-1980s NASA and U.S. Naval Academy concept study for an unmanned, nuclear-powered interstellar probe designed to travel to nearby stars such as Alpha Centauri.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.