[ExI] Written for another list

[Eric Messick]

Keith writes:
>The hard part is getting the cost of lifting hundreds of thousands of
>tons of parts to GEO down to where power sats make economic sense.
>Laser propulsion is the way to go.  That's only recently become
>possible with large versions of the tiny laser diodes in CD player.

So, you need a demo of laser propulsion.

Here's a target for a demo: Miniaturized version of the laser stage
hovering over a set of lasers for long enough for everyone to go
"Ooooohhh..."

Scale it for as big as you can manage with whatever money you can
kickstart.

I think if the right people are standing next to such a demo, along
with the powerpoint detailing the ramifications, money will become
available.

-eric