Comments on: Shuttle mission to turn Hubble Telescope into giant death ray

By: Are You Freakin Kidding Me? This is Crazy Silly - Free Lunch Room

Are You Freakin Kidding Me? This is Crazy Silly - Free Lunch Room — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:20:04 +0000

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By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:31:28 +0000

But lasers *were* so terribly effective in the epic space battles I remember from Star Wars – is this because there is no air in space and the pernicious effects owing to air-induced dissipation that you elucidate above would not be a factor?

By: mhest

mhest — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:44:20 +0000

Whatever, there is not any laser capable of firing from space that would do any damage. The disipation in air would make the beam so large that it would not have any power density. Dream on people.

By: rdschuch

rdschuch — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:23:11 +0000

This has the nucleus of a fun novelette by Rick Dean–Remember him.

By: Hose "A"

Hose "A" — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:56:21 +0000

Stuped gringos ! Now me and my homies will get in and out even easier than before! All we do is use some corn chips as shield and hire that Wilford gringo as guide.
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