Editing Starwisp (section)

==Possible methods of fabrication==
Constructing such a delicate probe would be a significant challenge. One proposed method would be to "paint" the probe and its circuitry onto an enormous sheet of plastic which degrades when exposed to [[ultraviolet]] light, and then wait for the sheet to evaporate away under the assault of solar UV after it has been deployed in space.

Another proposed method noted that the Starwisp probe wires were of the same physical scale as wires and circuit elements on modern [[Integrated circuit|computer microchips]] and could be produced by the same [[Photolithography|photolithographic fabrication technologies]] as those of computer chips. The probe would have to be built in sections the size of current chip fabrication silicon wafers and then connected together.