Re: MARS HYBRID DESIGN II (First Draft)

[KellySt@aol.com]

Brian Mansur

>From Brian


Brian Says:
>Here it is: the detailed design I promised (as detailed as I can make it at 

>the moment anyway).  But first: does the "interstellar drive group"
>selection that I now see on my address book  now account for everyone in 
the
>discussion team?  Okay, on with the show.

Tim Says:
>This "kgstar <kgstar@most.magec.com>" address is just Kelly at his work.

True, but I get to mail at work faster.

> Tim Says:
> >And in advance to your next letter, do the mirrors focus the maser-beam or
> >do the reflect it "straight" back?

> Hopefully we can construct them to do both.

Probably not.  If you reflect straight back, the mirrors will be in the
shadow of the ship.  Focusing mirrors the size of countries on a moving
target you cant see, is not a minor problem.

Kelly