For sure. Something like this might be useful to explore the Oort Cloud / Kuiper Belt, but I don’t expect to see anything like a star probe built in my lifetim

For sure. Something like this might be useful to explore the Oort Cloud / Kuiper Belt, but I don’t expect to see anything like a star probe built in my lifetime. Might be interesting to couple laser powered “solar” panels with an ion drive, though :-)