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Old 25th Oct 2001, 19:41
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Konkordski
 
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Nice idea. But the impracticality of holding a laser pointer steady (a wobble of 1mm at arm's length will move the spot nearly 600km at moon-distance) combined with the natural divergence of the beam (even a laser isn't dead-straight) means that it ain't gonna work.
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