Re: Slow Stealth

: Tim Little <tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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: Then again there is no point making a big curved mirror 99.99%
: reflective anyway, since then it will reflect sunlight.  You're out of
: luck either way. 

Oh, come on.  The shiny side of the mirror is pointing
away from observers (and presumably, from the sun), and
a mirror doesn't need to be shiny on both sides.  Further,
the active cooling allows you to avoid heating up the
absorbing side.

Mind you, an adequately broad-spectrum 99.99 percent reflective 
material is getting close to magic tech.  If you allow magic,
just have an ultra-dense or extra-dimentional heat sink incorporated
into the thing.


Wayne Throop   throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   http://sheol.org/throopw