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1 posted on 06/24/2017 11:15:56 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Cool. In 100 years they’ll be saying “It’s not exactly beam science!”


2 posted on 06/24/2017 11:22:22 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: LibWhacker

it’s cool I guess but it is not going to inspire anyone. You can’t excite people or inspire kids to explore the hard sciences if you keep sending robots and chips into space.


3 posted on 06/24/2017 11:44:33 AM PDT by brucedickinson
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To: LibWhacker

probably nothing the human race will get a better ROI on than investment in space propulsion


4 posted on 06/24/2017 12:12:23 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: LibWhacker

Starchip... maybe Doritos will fund this is you let them put their logo on it.


5 posted on 06/24/2017 12:17:26 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: LibWhacker

One question... where is the beam located ?


6 posted on 06/24/2017 12:31:58 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: LibWhacker

Until we figure out the anti-gravity drive propulsion systems that Bob Lazar worked on at Groom Lake (near Area 51) we will never travel to another star.


9 posted on 06/24/2017 12:57:27 PM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: LibWhacker

Read “MOTE IN GOD’S EYE” - alien space craft uses laser
powered solar sail


12 posted on 06/24/2017 1:56:14 PM PDT by njslim
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To: LibWhacker

So, probably 80 years or more round trip...

Wait a century or so and that time will be cut down to months or days.


13 posted on 06/24/2017 6:16:40 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: LibWhacker

Not sure what the source of funding is, but NASA funding requires many aspects of diversity and islamic tenets...Don’t see any of this described in article.


14 posted on 06/24/2017 7:16:44 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: LibWhacker

How will this laser be powered?

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15 posted on 06/24/2017 7:19:29 PM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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And how will this sail be protected from impacts?

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16 posted on 06/24/2017 7:20:40 PM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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