Word: fishnets
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...works independently, has designed a space probe that might reach the stars, not within this century but a little later. It avoids the problem of cooling the engine by not having an engine. It is a sailing ship, not a steamship. He calls it Starwisp. It is a fishnet made of very fine wires and weighing less than an ounce. The net acts as a sail and is driven by the pressure of radio waves generated by a huge radio transmitter. The transmitter stays put, with its radio beam pointing in the direction we wish to explore, and the sail...