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Company Aims To Launch Spacecraft On Beams of Microwaves

Posted by samzenpus on from the on-the-cheap dept.

MarkWhittington writes: The quest for cheap access to space, to make space travel as inexpensive as air travel, has eluded engineers, government policy makers, and business entrepreneurs from before the beginning of the space age. It has become axiomatic, almost to the point of being a cliché, that the true space age will not begin until launch costs come down significantly. Forbes reported about a company called Escape Dynamics that has a unique approach to the problem. The company proposes to launch payloads into low Earth orbit on beams of microwaves.

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  1. "Tin Foil Hats" is not PC by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    The correct phrase is "Lightweight Metal Headwear", and the community are "LMH Aficionados".

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  2. Popcorn by fox171171 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The company proposes to launch payloads into low Earth orbit on beams of microwaves.

    And fresh popcorn will be served when you get to obit.