space.com: Space Station Could Get Laser Cannon to Destroy Orbital Debris
The article appears to have neglected to mention how this thing would be powered... but with a sufficient number of 'wavium solids, charging the monster battery that they do mention isn't an issue in Fenspace.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Quote:Once EUSO detects incoming space junk, the researchers suggest, a Coherent Amplification Network (CAN) laser can then blast the debris. The CAN laser consists of many small lasers working together to generate a single powerful beam.Heh. Warsies.
The article appears to have neglected to mention how this thing would be powered... but with a sufficient number of 'wavium solids, charging the monster battery that they do mention isn't an issue in Fenspace.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012