LASER Spacecraft

Summary

Change is the only constant in the arena of space and rocket science. Dr. Lake Mirobo from New Mexico, USA imagines spacecrafts propelled by powerful laser beams. He has created a prototype of a laser propelled space craft. A high powered pulse laser beam comes from the backside and reflects off the parabolic shape of the space craft and focuses inside the engine. The laser beam breaks out the air and blasts out a very strong shock wave and hence propels the spacecraft forward. The advantage of this technology is that vast amounts of fuel need not be carried into space. Higher rocket efficiency leads to less fuel being carried in the space craft and also to smaller design of space crafts.