Air Force testing laser propulsion for satellite launches
Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate here have conducted some 500 flight tests of a laser-powered vehicle that someday could orbit small satellites for a few hundred dollars each. Dubbed "Lightcraft," the system uses an Army carbon dioxide laser at White Sands...
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