All I can say is a picture is worth a thousand words. |
Clearly if you can do it than I have to be concerned that someone else can as well. |
No one has ever done this before. These results would not have been possible without newly developed ultralight, high-temperature sail materials and beamed-energy propulsion methods. |
The engine would be in orbit, producing a beam of photons. The spacecraft would not have to carry that mass along. |
The temperature reached as high as 2,500 degrees Kelvin during the tests. High temperatures mean high acceleration. |