Comment Re:Burning air? (Score 1) 91
That was what I assumed it was too, and TFA didn't give any details ("Ride the Light" sounds like a new rollercoaster).
I would imagine, with the amount of use this technology would get (i.e., number of launches) that any ozone created would be tiny as compared with the amount in the upper atmosphere.*
But I dont see how this will get us into space. The higher the craft, the less efficient the push per beam of light.
* This argument may have been made about CFCs, exhaust emission, etc so I may have to eat my words...
I would imagine, with the amount of use this technology would get (i.e., number of launches) that any ozone created would be tiny as compared with the amount in the upper atmosphere.*
But I dont see how this will get us into space. The higher the craft, the less efficient the push per beam of light.
* This argument may have been made about CFCs, exhaust emission, etc so I may have to eat my words...