So an alternative is to travel light. Literally. Rather than carrying your fuel with you, simply attach your tiny starship to a large reflective sail, and shine a powerful laser at it. The impulse of ...
One of the coolest uses of a centerboard I’ve ever seen was at the Smythe Laser Championship ... drag while keeping the boat tracking, especially if we’re not sailing dead downwind.
EASY CONTRUCTION: Highly Detailed Basswood parts are laser-cut for easy construction ... HISTORICALY ACCURATE: Modeled after the original boat and perfectly scaled. Build a piece of American ...
but it was a novel experience for Alp Helvacı – more used to competing for Turkey at the highest level in a Laser dinghy. Credits Oguzhan Tosun “We aimed to maintain an average speed of 9.5-10 knots – ...
Avi Loeb of Harvard University, who chairs the Breakthrough Starshot advisory board, has noted that if another civilization were using similar laser propulsion to sail through space, its Starshot ...
A Jonas Brothers concert at O2 Arena in Prague was delayed briefly after an attendee aimed a laser pointer at Nick Jonas, causing him to quickly leave the stage for safety. Footage of the incident ...