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The teenager is collaborating with NASA on the program intended to be the successor to the Voyager missions. Credit: Action 24<\/p>\n
Fifteen-year-old Viktoras Giannikopoulos has gained international recognition for his work in quantum physics<\/a> and his communication with NASA regarding future space exploration. His primary project involves a proposal for a mission intended to be the successor to the Voyager missions launched in 1977.<\/p>\n Speaking to Action 24, Viktoras explained his field of study simply:<\/p>\n \u201cQuantum Physics is a branch of physics that deals with the microcosm\u2014atoms and particles\u2014rather than the everyday things that classical physics handles.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Regarding his partnership with NASA<\/a>, he stated:<\/p>\n \u201cI had submitted the idea and it was accepted, so we are now in communication to implement this project\u2026our goal is to realize this mission by approximately 2035.\u201d<\/p>\n His vision is to use advanced technology to reach the current location of the Voyager<\/a> probes in interstellar space more quickly, eventually reaching other solar systems, such as the constellation Camelopardalis.<\/p>\n Despite his success in physics, Viktoras has a multidisciplinary dream: \u201cI would like to combine Medicine, which I love, with Astrophysics\u2026the future with Artificial Intelligence lies in the combination of these two fields.\u201d He is already conducting research involving cancer patients, studying \u201cpatterns\u201d in life and the universe:<\/p>\n \u201cI wonder if, by influencing the recurring patterns we follow\u2014because our whole life consists of patterns, from the vast universe down to our daily routines\u2014we can affect the appearance of malignancy in cancer patients.\u201d<\/p>\n The 15-year old\u2019s critique of the Greek education system<\/p>\n When asked about his future, Viktoras expressed a desire to move abroad for his studies, offering a blunt assessment of the current state of education in Greece<\/a>: \u201cWhile Greece is a very beautiful country, I don\u2019t think it can offer academically what England or America can.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGreece is miles behind compared to educational systems abroad,\u201d he said. \u201cIt would take many years for us to even say we are approaching them.\u201d<\/p>\n He credits much of his success to his parents and his environment: \u201cThey read to me about the stars from a very young age, and that sparked my interest\u2026they were there to help me through the difficult and easy times.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite his high-level research, he maintains a structured routine:\u00a0\u201cWhen I return from school and finish my homework and obligations, I simply focus on the presentations I have to give and the missions with NASA<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The teenager is collaborating with NASA on the program intended to be the successor to the Voyager missions.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[199215,271113,718,1358,79,271114],"class_list":{"0":"post-626558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-greek-news","9":"tag-greek-prodigy","10":"tag-nasa","11":"tag-quantum-physics","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-viktoras-giannikopoulos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}