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Line 24: The thinned array curse has consequences for [[microwave power transmission]] and [[wireless energy transfer]] concepts such as [[solar power satellite]]s; it suggests that it is not possible to make a smaller beam and hence reduce the size of a receiver (called a ''[[rectenna]]'' for microwave power beaming) by phasing together beams from many small satellites. A short derivation of the thinned array curse, focusing on the implications for use of [[lasers]] to provide impulse for an [[interstellar probe]] (an application of [[beam-powered propulsion]]), can be found in Robert Forward's paper "Roundtrip Interstellar Travel Using Laser Pushed Lightsails."<ref>Robert L. Forward, "Roundtrip Interstellar Travel Using Laser Pushed Lightsails," ''J. Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 21,'' No. 2, Mar-Apr 1984, pp. 190.</ref>" ==See also==

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