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Re: starship-design: Stellar Engine Page...



> From: Breedztar@aol.com
> 
> Thought some of you might be interested.... Some of you might've already
> found it, but it can't hurt to say once more. This is a page about a Stellar
> Engine theory using fractal shape changing robots..
>
Not exactly. The stellar engine concept 
(discussed previously on this list)
is quite separate from the fractal robots concept.

> Take off the stellar.htm
> to get to the fractal shape changing robots page. 
> 
Another interesting fractal robot concept was elaborated in 
R. Forward's book Rocheworld, under the name "Christmas Bush".
The book is interesting also because it pictures a one-way,
laser-beam/sail powered mission (to Barnard's star, ~6 ly away),
and discusses rationale for such a type of mission.

-- Zenon