Comment Hoax: taking advantage of people's credulity (Score 1) 366
This is a perfect scam:
a) come up with a seemingly plausible idea obscured by high tech and/or science;
b) get investors to contribute to seeing a prototype created
c) have the prototype fail for any number of plausible reasons
d) profit
e) repeat until the profits cease to be worth the effort
The solar sail is a theoretically flawed idea, as achievable as perpetual motion. But it is a cool, elegant concept