XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.astro, sci.physics   
      
   In sci.physics Robert Clark  wrote:   
   >   
   > Suppose we made the probes at the virus or bacteria scale then used   
   > self-assembly to form a macroscale spacecraft say size of Mars Pathfinder.   
   > Then we might only need a ground laser of currently existing size, say a few   
   > hundred kilowatts, to send multiple nanoscale components to relativistic   
   > speeds.   
   >   
   > Know of references for doing self-assembly with components at the nanoscale?   
   >   
   >  Bob Clark   
      
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