[ExI] Spacecraft (was MM)
spike
spike66 at att.net
Sat Jan 1 18:01:41 UTC 2011
... On Behalf Of Samantha Atkins
...
>...That amounts to about 0.002 MOA tracking a rocket through atmosphere.
If we can do that then we can shoot down any old missile, any time with
perfect accuracy. - samantha
Welll, *perfect* is a bit of a stretch, but the control systems are getting
quite sexy these days:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/13/business/la-fi-laser13-2010feb13
Meaningless but fun video of a laser spoiling a drone's whole day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zxxogDRIw
spike
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