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Re: MIRRORS Argosy Class



>Brian
>If we could refocus the beam periodically along the way with several 
>refocusing  aparatus it would be possible.  Problem is with energy loses in 
>the refocusing and in getting the blasted things in place.  This idea just 
>keeps getting more complicated all the time.

It could very well be that every refocuser creates more and more diffusion
in the beam. I think these effects have a bigger influence on the efficiency
than the refocussing itself.

Timothy