We Explored Pluto, Now Let's Explore The Nearest Star!

"The Kepler mission demonstrated that almost every star has planets and we have found planets orbiting stars that are in binary systems not too different from Alpha Centauri. It's a good bet that there are planets there that we just have not been able to find yet, given current precision... It will likely take a spacecraft in a low Earth orbit with sufficient measurement precision to detect small rocky planets in the system.  Once we find them, then we will be highly motivated to send robotic spacecraft to look for life."