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Sallyann1234
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Oh yes it was. Nothing for the narrow minded.
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-diamon...es-flight.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article...-indefinitely/
A small amount of power to a hovering drone.
How would you apply this to appassenger aircraft travelling at speed for hundreds /thousands of miles? Have you any idea how much energy that would require from the laser ?
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