Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mordor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!mordor!@S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:MINSKY@MIT-OZ From: @S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:MINSKY@MIT-OZ Newsgroups: net.space Subject: SPACE Digest V5 #169 Message-ID: <1985@mordor.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-May-85 17:10:58 EDT Article-I.D.: mordor.1985 Posted: Wed May 29 17:10:58 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Jun-85 12:27:25 EDT Sender: daemon@mordor.UUCP Lines: 5 From: MINSKY%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA The usual idea for a laser-launcher is somehow to use the sunlight from a nearby star to power the system, so the energy cost is zero, and the hardware cost is the one that matters.