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Tokyo University's "Microwave Rocket"

Posted by timothy on from the radiation-for-your-estes dept.

LiftOp writes "Apparently a group from Tokyo University's Department of Advanced Energy has used a high-power microwave beam to heat the air beneath a model rocket , sending it skyward (well, two meters). Dr. Kimiya Komurasaki, who led the group, seems to be quite a directed energy buff; when the rocket eventually gets beyond the air level, a conventional motor could be used to send it further."

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  1. This type of work is old 100 meters by arcadum · · Score: -1, Troll
    I am sick of slashdot posting stories from the 80s.

    Serriously, the government/whomever has bee launching objects higher than this for years!Get a clue.

  2. This is a lie! by Tuxinatorium · · Score: -1, Troll

    The American infidels know they are losing the war, and they are so desperate that they continue to lie to deceive us! There is no microwave rocket! It is an illusion created by the American media. My initial assessment is that they have all been slaughtered in battle today! There are no American infidels in baghdad, NEVER!
    --Courtesy of Iraqi Information minister, Mohammad Saaed Al-Sahaf

    --
    Repeal the DMCA!