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BBC News | Sci/Tech | Beam-riding rocket lifts off
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Scientists in America have begun testing a rocket powered by a laser beam which they hope will revolutionise space travel.
Rensselaer.MAG/March '99- At Rensselaer
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A "Lightcraft" designed in by Rensselaer students may one day revolutionize space travel, according to Leik Myrabo, associate professor of mechanical engineering.
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Are laser-powered spacecraft just a shot in the dark? - Scientific...
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Nearly a decade ago, Leik Myrabo shared with Scientific American readers his vision for the future of space travel: a "LightCraft" pushed out to the stars by a pulsed infrared laser beam from the ground or pulled into space by a laser beamed down from a solar-powered station orbiting Earth. (Read the ...
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