RE: Reaching for the stars, finally - will the young ones among us get pics of Alpha C.?
April 15, 2016 at 6:52 am
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2016 at 6:54 am by Alex K.)
Then let's talk about how good a superlight mirror has to be to reflect 2 Gigawatts and not be instantly vaporized... We are talking about required reflection losses of the order of a few parts in a billion, or something like 99.999999% reflectivity. One microscopic defect and poof it goes.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
