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NASA Flies First Laser-powered Aircraft

Posted by michael on from the scientists-do-it-with-lasers dept.

unassimilatible writes "NASA has successfully tested a small-scale aircraft that flies solely by means of propulsive power delivered by an invisible, ground-based laser. How far away can in-flight IP/LASER broadband be?"

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  1. UAH by ebh · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You'd think that if UAH could power a plane with a laser, they could figure out how to BUILD BIGGER FREAKIN' DORM ROOMS!

  2. Tubboy flies first diahreah powered goatse link! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Squriting shit 3.21 Metres into air!

  3. Imported product by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, this laser-powered aircraft is already an imported Russian product, as opposed to the usual aircraft-powered laser.

  4. REPENT, O SLASHBOTS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those that deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and pull tan by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed."

    -- Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal