self-replicating spacecraft

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The concept of self-replicating spacecraft, as envisioned by mathematician John von Neumann, has been described by futurists and has been discussed across a wide breadth of hard science fiction novels and stories. Self-replicating probes are sometimes referred to as von Neumann probes. Self-replicating spacecraft would in some ways either mimic or echo the features of living organisms or viruses.

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Von Neumann probe
space colonization, self-replicating machine, starship
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    small self-replicating spacecraft that could explore space more efficiently
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classspace objectastrochickenfictional spacecraft, self-replicating spacecraftWikidata