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Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!)

From jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups sci.space.policy, sci.astro, sci.physics, rec.arts.sf.science
Subject Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!)
Date 2016-04-17 17:41 +0000
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In sci.physics Robert Clark <rgregoryclark@gmspambloackail.com> wrote:
> I've been thinking of ways we can get such nanocraft to link up through 
> self-assembly and form larger structures that can do more detailed 
> observations and experiments. This could work even for visits to far off 
> destinations still in the Solar System such as Kuiper belt objects like 
> Pluto or the Oort cloud.
> 
> The main problem is getting the many objects flying independently and 
> getting further apart the further out they go to gradually be drawn to each 
> other and link up. Once they link up, I don't it would be to difficult to 
> then get them to do self-assembly.
> 
> But it's that drawing together step that is the sticking point.
> 
>   Bob Clark

Since you are already using Stargate technology, i.e. replicators, just
use some more, i.e. tractor beams. 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!) "Robert Clark" <rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com> - 2016-04-17 09:40 -0400
  Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!) john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 09:08 -0700
    Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!) benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-04-17 12:58 -0400
      Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!) Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 10:39 -0700
        Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!) Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-17 14:18 -0500
          Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!) Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 16:03 -0700
  Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!) jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-17 17:41 +0000
  Re: Stephen Hawking's Interstellar Spaceship Proposal (And More!) ClutterFreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 12:23 -0700

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