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Old August 24th 11, 06:55 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.astro
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Default Novel Lorentz propulsion for interplanetary and interstellar propulsion.

On Aug 24, 3:41*am, eric gisse wrote:
Robert Clark wrote :

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*For this reason It would be a good idea to see how these centimeter-
scale probes could be
made to link up. That may give us insight into how the micro/nano
scale probes could be
made to link up.


* Bob Clark


Getting the probe there is half the challenge. Getting it to talk back is
the other half. I have a difficult time imagining how a centimeter scale
probe could have the power source and physical antenna size required to
send anything to Earth.


They might store power from solar cells for burst transmissions to
the bus that brought them, which then relays to Earth.

As for linking them up for optical telescopy, that'd require us to
know how to compare phase information from two images.


Mark L. Fergerson