A preliminary study of pulse-laser powered orbital launcher

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Numerical Analysis, Aeroacoustics, Engineering +16

Coherent addition of fiber lasers by use of a fiber coupler

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Photonics, Fiber Coupler, Engineering +11

ORION: Clearing near-Earth space debris using a 20-kW, 530-nm, Earth-based, repetitively pulsed laser

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Engineering, Time-of-flight Camera, Turbulence Correction +15

Direct Approach for Computing Near-Optimal Low-Thrust Earth-Orbit Transfers

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Missile, Space Vehicle, Engineering +21

World record flights of beam-riding rocket lightcraft - Demonstration of "disruptive" propulsion technology

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Space Vehicle, Engineering, Laser Science +20