[ExI] keith's vision

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 11 20:07:21 UTC 2014


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:58 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> I don't know the details of this control system, but clearly these
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> http://www.army.mil/article/116793/Army_tests_vehicle_mounted_laser_against_multiple_targets/
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> If they can track a mortar round, then they can keep a laser focused on a
> launch vehicle.  And if they can build one of these, they can build many,
> and focus them all on the launcher.  So now if we can get a launch vehicle
> that can take the heat and turn it into thrust, Keith's vision of low cost
> launching becomes reality.
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Those lasers are for blowing things up before they can get close enough to
blow you up. I'm not sure they work as well at distances needed to go to
space.

maybe instead of mounting them on a truck ... put them on a jet... hmm...
I wonder how flying lasers would impact the cost to space.  :)
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