These recent developments keep reminding me of the "dust" in Vernor Vinge's "A Deepness in the Sky". Powered by microwave pulses. Granted, that dust as descri

These recent developments keep reminding me of the "dust" in Vernor Vinge's "A Deepness in the Sky". Powered by microwave pulses. Granted, that dust as described is more capable. But we know how that curve tends to go. It seems that the science fiction writers are barely keeping ahead of "reality", these days. Kind of amazing.