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Re: starship-design: Timothy's beamed power paper
Ahh, in my drawing of the configuration I should have
of course written "pushing truss", instead of "pulling truss"
(I have had always problems with rembering
what is "pull" and what is "push" ;-)))
Warning: ASCII art follows (use a fixed font to view)
-----------------------------------------------------
... sail ...
| \ shrouds to the sail
| \
payload | \
| \ <---
#### | pushing truss \ <--- beam
#####==================<==================# <--- from
#### | / <--- Earth
| / <---
| /
| /
| / shrouds to the sail
... sail ...
-- Zenon