[ASOC]

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Pellet_Beam_Propulsion/

not new to old-school scifi readers.

A version of LASER boost meets solar sail. Clarke even write a piece for Boy's Life n this...in 1964

[TChad]

Clarke even (wrote) a piece for Boy's Life on this...in 1964

Good catch. Thanks.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Big difference from laser alone is the amount of mass that hits the sail. In a way this is an artificial solar wind. I like it.