Starwisp
Starwisp Starwisp is a hypothetical unmanned interstellar probe design proposed by Robert L. Forward. Description Starwisp utilizes beam-powered propulsion in the form ... a maser driving a solar sail. The Starwisp probe would consist of a mesh of ... be used to push it. The original Starwisp concept assumed that the microwaves would ...
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Starwisp (Hyperspace wiki)
Starwisp Starwisp is a hypothetical unmanned interstellar probe design ... proposed by Robert L. Forward . [edit] Description Starwisp utilizes beam-powered propulsion in the form ... a maser driving a solar sail. The Starwisp probe would consist of a mesh of ... be used to push it. The original Starwisp concept assumed that the microwaves would ...
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Talk:Starwisp
Talk:Starwisp Surely you'd want to turn the ... turning the beam on again when the Starwisp "approaches" the target star, which isn't ...
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User:Astrokey44/hyperspace
... mass, and create a reusable, multimission spacecraft. Starwisp It utilizes beam-powered propulsion in the ... microwave laser producing 10 gigawatts of power, Starwisp could be accelerated at 115 Gs (1130 ... it would again target its beam on Starwisp. This would be done when the Starwisp was about 80% of the way to ... destination, so that the maser beam and Starwisp would arrive there at the same ...
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Category:Interstellar travel
... Sleeper ship S cont. Solar sail Spacewarp Starwisp
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Category:Hypothetical spacecraft
... Longshot S Sea Dragon (Rocket) Sleeper ship Starwisp V Von Neumann probe
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Talk:Von Neumann probe
... much like how Project Daedalus or the Starwisp are specific proposed designs for non-replicating ...
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Talk:Nanofactory
... is IMVHO as good as Forward's starwisp. This was recommended for deletion as being ...
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Robert Forward
... tethers and space fountains, solar sails (including Starwisp), antimatter propulsion, and other spacecraft propulsion technologies ...
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Solar sail
... the manipulation of visible light. The hypothetical "Starwisp" interstellar probe design would use a microwave ...
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