Some commentators have noted getting to Proxima b would take thousands of years with current technology, so finding it is of limited interest.
In fact, the Breakthrough Starshot project hopes to launch nanoprobes there in about 20 years, using lightsail technology to accelerate them to 20 percent of the speed of light. If all goes well, we could have data back from a flyby of Proxima b yet this century.
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