05-20-2005, 06:50 PM
Doc,May 19 2005, 07:33 PM Wrote:... A lab in Australia managed to push a small object with a special type of laser. Once they figure out how they did it, and can reproduce the results on a regular basis, we will be a lot closer to making a lightsabre type weapon a reality.If it's anythiong like the system I've heard, it "pushes" the object by vaporizing a small part of the object, the gas that evolves from the hit supplies the impulse of a reaction motor.
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