Space vehicles could be propelled by remote lasers
AUG 01, 1977
DOI: 10.1063/1.3037662
Interest is apparently growing in using a high‐energy laser to power a vehicle that is a considerable distance away from the laser. The laser can be located on the ground and used to propel a spacecraft into orbit or even to power an airplane. Alternatively the laser can be located in orbit itself and used to propel a spacecraft into higher orbit.
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© 1977 American Institute of Physics
