Do we have a thread on this somewhere?
I couldn't find it but this little bit of an article is dated like 1999!
Nonetheless it seems quite impressive and has great future implications for mankind in expanding and traveling in and through space.
Lots of questions but need to think them out more so than I have....a couple that come to mind are:
1) Does anyone think that any government has this technology "really" working on any 'known' aircraft types?
2) Is this a possible way that UFO's operate?
Article:
"NASA REPORTS FLYING DISC NOW A REALITY"
Link:
www.virtuallystrange.net...
(scroll down about 3/4's of the page)
The small, dinky article:
"(NASA) Troy, New York. "It came out of a trans-atmospheric
vehicle design course at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,"
explained Proffessor Leik Myrabo. The microwave Lightcraft
being studied by Myrabo and his students is shaped that way
because that's how the physics works. It's an advanced
derivative of a tiny, 25-gram craft that he is pushing around on
a 10 kilowatt beam of infrared laser light in tests at White
Sands Missile Range, NM. Myrabo discussed his work last week
during the Advanced Propulsion Research Workshop held in
Huntsville. "This is where we are now," Myrabo said, showing a
picture of Dr. Robert Goddard with his first liquid propellant
rocket, launched March 16, 1926. Just 43 years later, a
sophisticated descendant of that rocket sent the first humans to
the Moon. "My goal has been to cut the cost of getting to space
by a factor of 1,000 using a system that is completely green,"
he explained of his passion for the past three decades. Since
1972, he has been building on an idea developed by Arthur
Kantrowitz to use lasers to launch satellites. Myrabo
introduced a variation using the atmosphere as the propellant
heated by a laser. At higher altitude and at 5.5 times the
speed of sound, as the air thins, the craft would use a small
supply of on board hydrogen, still heated by the remote laser
beam. Myrabo's initial design for NASA was a 5-meter (16.5 ft)
diameter, four-person craft in a shape that he dubbed Acorn.
The front is shaped to reflect the coherent laser light into a
narrow region between the body and a shroud. The focused light
superheats the air to become a jet exhaust that pushes the craft
up. In this case, the laser power station would be based in
orbit. The NASA-supported 'Lightcraft' project is involved in
testing a saucer-shaped vessel which is lifted to great heights
by a high-powered laser. The laser superheats the air beneath
the craft, causing it to expand and provide the propulsive force
needed. Even more interesting is that the craft would be able
to behave very differently than conventional aircraft.
"Switching on the microwave transmitter would make the
Lightcraft disappear in an eye blink as the Lightcraft
accelerates to 15,000 mph.""
And the associating article:
"Riding the Highways of Light:
Science mimics science fiction as a working model flying disc - a "Lightcraft" - takes to the air"
Link:
science.nasa.gov...
The above article mentions "Lightcraft" and I did a quick 'search' on this and ran across these....:
"Lightcraft Technologies Inc."
Link:
www.lightcrafttechnologies.com...
and....
"LTI sets a new world record Oct. 2, 2000 at White Sands Missile Range"
Link:
www.lightcrafttechnologies.com...
and...
"Introducing LTI" (kind of like a Frequently asked Questions thing)
Link:
www.lightcrafttechnologies.com...
and.....
"Beamed Propulsion: Out Of the Lab Into Space"
Link:
www.space.com...
"How Light Propulsion Will Work"
Link:
science.howstuffworks.com...
"LIGHTCRAFT"
Link:
www.custommonkey.org...
Any comments or idea's or thoughts are welcome.
regards
seekerof
