Interest is apparently growing in using a high‐energy laser to power a vehicle that is a considerable distance away from the laser. The laser can be located on the ground and used to propel a spacecraft into orbit or even to power an airplane. Alternatively the laser can be located in orbit itself and used to propel a spacecraft into higher orbit.
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© 1977 American Institute of Physics.
1977
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