Light Can Move Liquid


	Light Can Move Liquid

dellarae

3-28-2007 1:06 AM

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light, liquid, pressure, lasar

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3-28-2007 3:07 PM

BitDrifter

And this is the basis for SciFi Light Sail Ships. You construct a ship with gigantic mirrors as sails and allow the pressure of light to continously accelerate the ship. Most theories on these ships today invlove a gigantic laser to provide the nessesary pressure.

3-28-2007 6:30 PM

bioplasmik

I've heard the light hitting the Earth each day weighs approx. 4.5 lbs.

Crazy.....

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