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Lunar Lasers

Posted by michael on from the keep-your-laser-handy dept.

Two different articles about building lasers (well, lasers and a maser perhaps) on the moon. Reuters has a story about a potential lunar power plant, creating electricity with solar panels and beaming it to Earth with microwaves. Space.com has a piece about building a sort of super-sized Star Wars program on the Moon, giant lasers set up to blast incoming space debris and not, of course, anyone here on Earth.

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  1. BSOD by thetechweenie · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sorry sir, we had a BSOD on the Laser Station, and it just zapped an extra 10 miles stretch for the Grand Canyon...

    What OS would this run on? I hope NOT anything M$. I can already see it on the news. "Giant laser from the moon zapps 1,100 people. Could it happen in the Bay State, tonight at 11".

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