Article Excerpt: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen a former NASA astronaut to lead a foundation designed to advance space travel, reports Sharon Weinberger of BBC News.

Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to go into space, was chosen to lead the project known as the 100-Year Starship.

The 100-Year Starship project’s goal is to create a foundation that can last 100 years in order to help foster the research needed for interstellar travel.

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