NASA working on quasi Tractor Beam tech
By
Durakken,
Posted on: 2011-11-03 19:16 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
It not tractor beam.
It's a web of lazers that traps particles and moves them via moving the web cluster.
Wow, a hundred grand for testing something that involves both space and lasers. Yeah, that'll go far you cheapskates.
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That's why I called it a quasi tractor beam. Or perhaps the term imitation or fake would be more apropos.
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Originally Posted by Durakken
It not tractor beam.
It's a web of lazers that traps particles and moves them via moving the web cluster. |
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I'd go with Tholian Web than Tractor beam... The whole concept is opposite, but whatever.
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Originally Posted by Nericus
That's why I called it a quasi tractor beam. Or perhaps the term imitation or fake would be more apropos.
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http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2011...am/?hpt=hp_bn2
Now where is that impulse drive and warp drive tech?
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