Third way

Hi,

I remember reading years ago about a proposal for sending suttles to
space by mean of laser powered "flying saurcers". The idea was to
have a power satellite in space which sent energy to
those "saucers", and in there the energy was used to heat some fuel,
producing a very high trust.

The main idea was that the source of energy was outside the ship, so
alternative propulsion systems could be applyied to give trust.

Have any one heared about a proposal as crazy like that? I think,
potentially could be an interesting solution to sent cargo to space.
Perhaps even more practical that the space elevator or the
hypersonic shuttles. If it's feasable, of course.

Regards,

Omar Vega