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One thing I don't quite understand about TARS is how it can remain stationary. When a rotating system releases a payload, both the accelerator and projectile recieve equal linear momentum. Does TARS use sunlight pressure to correct its orbital position after a launch? It isn't clear to me. Another problem is that centrifugal forces will be huge unless spin radius is enormous. This limits the type of payload that such a system can accelerate.
"Plan and prepare for every possibility, and you will never act. It is nobler to have courage as we stumble into half the things we fear than to analyse every possible obstacle and begin nothing. Great things are achieved by embracing great dangers."
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