Здравствуйте, Sinix, Вы писали:

S>У меня нет достаточно саркастичных и в то же время цензурных комментариев, поэтому я просто промолчу.

Вообще-то пару лет назад я читал статью о возможности использования «наноаппаратов» для исследования космоса, только там не упоминался световой парус.

Здравствуйте, Sinix, Вы писали:

S>У меня нет достаточно саркастичных и в то же время цензурных комментариев, поэтому я просто промолчу.

Вообще-то пару лет назад я читал статью о возможности использования «наноаппаратов» для исследования космоса, только там не упоминался световой парус.

P.S. Откопал статью 2005 года:
Interstellar Spaceflight: Is It Possible?

To contemplate seriously reaching the nearest stars, we need to understand the hurdles involved. First, there is the enormous cost involved in deploying any of the understood technologies. Second, despite UFO enthusiast’s beliefs, there is no hard evidence that we have ever been visited by alien spacefarers. Third, we know we can send radio waves to these destinations without problems.

With this in mind, it may simply be too expensive and technically difficult to travel in interstellar space. A better solution has been proposed: why not create an intergalactic Internet? Send small, self-replicating research probes to other stars. Once there, they build copies of themselves and continue to explore outwards, relaying a steady stream of information back to Earth.

These self-replicating probes, also known as Von Neumann machines, are named after their inventor, mathematician John Von Neumann (1903-1957). The beauty of this idea is once you manage to construct the first self-replicating machine, the rest is automatic. The probes would expand into space geometrically, spreading rapidly to fill the whole galaxy. Once established, this network could be used for communication and localization of new Earthlike planets to colonize.

As of now, building machines that work well unassisted remain a problematic task for even the best scientists if recent unmanned mission failures are any indication. A self-repairing and self-replicating robotic probe seems distant indeed.