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Full video: Investor Yuri Milner at Code 2016

Lasers, LightSails and robots, oh my!

At the 2016 Code Conference, Venture capitalist Yuri Milner projected what it will take for humans to expand their understanding of space. Here's the full video of his Spotlight speech.

And via our podcast Recode Replay, here is the full audio of Milner's appearance:

A tiny device called a StarChip, weighing less than one gram, can be paired with a LightSail to make an unmanned "nanocraft," which can go much deeper into space than humans on a chemically fueled ship. Milner said nanocrafts face several challenges today, but should be feasible within 25-30 years.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.