> As for the Starshot thing, that sounds like a reboot of Robert Forward's Starwhisp idea from the 1990s. The real problem with that is, how to get any data back from it. (Not to mention how to construct a continuously operating gigawatt laser array in space).
> As for the Starshot thing, that sounds like a reboot of Robert Forward's Starwhisp idea from the 1990s. The real problem with that is, how to get any data back from it. (Not to mention how to construct a continuously operating gigawatt laser array in space).