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This is very interesting. Apparently beam collimation is much less of a show-stopper than I would have assumed. But I don't see us putting a a 1000 kilometer l

This is very interesting. Apparently beam collimation is much less of a show-stopper than I would have assumed. But I don't see us putting a a 1000 kilometer lens into orbit anytime soon, and that multi-terawatt (sustained!) laser system sounds like a bit of a headache, too...

cnity 1y ago
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot