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2012-10-20 Science

Tractor beam built from rings of laser light

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Posted by Au Auric 2012-10-20 02:09|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 John Deere don't care a whit.

Posted by Shipman 2012-10-20 09:55|| 2012-10-20 09:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Correct me if I'm wrong but Solar Sails operate on the Solar Wind and not light.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-10-20 10:45|| 2012-10-20 10:45|| Front Page Top

#3 "Captain, I'm givin' it she's got, I don' know how much longer the ol' girl will hold up...."

Posted by USN, Ret. 2012-10-20 11:18|| 2012-10-20 11:18|| Front Page Top

#4 I was about to post the same regarding solar sales. All the designs I've seen depend on solar wind.

I have read about some plan to send a mission to Mars using an Earth based laser as energy but it wasnt the same thing.

Posted by Rjschwarz 2012-10-20 11:20|| 2012-10-20 11:20|| Front Page Top

#5 I await Joseph and inside info.

Posted by Shipman 2012-10-20 13:49|| 2012-10-20 13:49|| Front Page Top

#6 There are solar sail designs that work on light and big magnetic field assemblies that would work with the solar wind and various combinations of the two.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-10-20 14:34|| 2012-10-20 14:34|| Front Page Top

#7 John Deere don't care a whit.

40 acres and a tractor beam.

Posted by SteveS 2012-10-20 16:52|| 2012-10-20 16:52|| Front Page Top

#8 whatever it pulls would be a tractor-trailer, no? Don't we already have these?

Posted by Frank G 2012-10-20 16:59|| 2012-10-20 16:59|| Front Page Top

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