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Beaming into Space

Posted by michael on from the do-not-look-into-beam-with-remaining-eye dept.

HobbySpacer writes "At this week's 1st Int. Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion in Huntsville a wide range of laser and microwave propulsion schemes are being presented. The big news so far is the announcement by Gregory Benford of plans for a test of microwave propulsion with the Cosmos Sail, due to fly early next year. The possibilities of using lasers to deflect incoming asteroids & comets are also under discussion."

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  1. Living people rule! by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gregory Benford roooooolz. But because he's not dead we get all these "Charles Sheffield, man, like I really respect his work.." blah blah blah, and no "Gregory Benford roooooolz" posts (except this one).

    When are we going to stop waiting until people die before we respect them ? When someone's dead, that's the time to take the piss out of them, because let's face it, they're dead, and their friends and family couldn't feel much worse anyway. When they're alive, if you like them, say so!

    graspee