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Uploaded by on Nov 2, 2008

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  • Now build a solar powered laser in space

    n have it focus the solar powered laser at the rocket n see how far & fast it can go!

  • lolol thts total BS he can afford a laser powered flying toy but yet he cant afford a decent camera the theory behind this shit is solid but we dont have the technology yet to make strong enough lasers to make it possible......if we did the army wouldnt be using bullets and cops would have phaser guns u ppl gotta think before u believe what u see on youtube

  • I'd like to see this grow into a 'Forward Lasersail' ....Not just a means to get into orbit... But a network of cosmic highways with vehicles running near light speed? If you could get a craft moving to relativistic speeds. You would have to have a network of lasers orbiting around the orbit of Mercury and a few on asteroids and airless Moons of our solar system. 36 months to Alpha Centauri ? The Center of the milky way in 15 years.... Andromeda in 21 1/2 years ? But a network around the galaxy.

  • @chisp1210 Because it's not profitable for some.

  • WHY ARE WE NOT FUNDING THIS?

  • In Brazil they are currently doing tests with an incredibly powerful gigawatt pulsed laser, professor Leik Myrabo was quoted as saying:

    "When you fire into the engine, it's a real wallop. It sounds like a shotgun going off inside the lab. It's really loud."

    put that into quote into google to find the article.

  • Noisy I'm betting. Especially if they build a man-rated version. Nifty concept tho.

  • yeah I know how it works. I am just saying calling it light propulsion is very misleading. since its air combustion that is really the propellant. did a little research myself.

  • the shape of the cone is why it works. a laser beam is shot from underneith and the cone focuses the beam and super heats the air inside the cone. the super heated air expands and forces the cone up. i did research on light perpulsion last year. just letting you guys know.

  • nope, this craft is real, seen it on tv. tho calling it light propulsion is misleading. it emits light but its not light propulsion lol its air pressure from microwaves

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