I remember reading about this several years ago in a magazine. This is just one of the many articles ou there on the subject. I know they have sent the object up a couple hundred feet untethered.
There was also another article that used microwave power to gernerate a sort of force field around the nose of a space craft to remove drag and possible the shockwave. (Somethig spike was the name). Just some cool technologies that ould be nice to have on my car!
How about putting a cup holder in it so I can get my drinks off the desk. Nothing worse then spilling drnhiks all over your desk during a nice Quake match.
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http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology /laser_propulsion_000705.html
I remember reading about this several years ago in a magazine. This is just one of the many articles ou there on the subject. I know they have sent the object up a couple hundred feet untethered.
There was also another article that used microwave power to gernerate a sort of force field around the nose of a space craft to remove drag and possible the shockwave. (Somethig spike was the name). Just some cool technologies that ould be nice to have on my car!
How about putting a cup holder in it so I can get my drinks off the desk. Nothing worse then spilling drnhiks all over your desk during a nice Quake match.