It's a pressor beam. It doesn't attract anything.

Remember that light energy can't be converted to electricity and also transmitted through the window; whatever percentage gets converted to electricity must be subtracted from the percentage that is transmitted. A window that converts 100% of solar energy to electricity would transmit 0% of the light; i.e. it would be opaque.

Let's do the math. To travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles in an hour requires an average speed of 166 m/s. Accelerating at 1 G (9.8 m/s), it would take 17 seconds to reach that speed. If that's too much acceleration for you, do half the acceleration for 34 seconds. Either way, no puree.

Isn't that exactly how cell phones are sold?

Actually, 0.1 newton, or 10 grams - the weight of 2 nickels.

So, the weight of this 100 kg lander would be about 1 newton, or the equivalent of 100 grams on Earth. That's a little more than 2 golf balls. It's a wonder they can land that without it bouncing off.

Of course they do, and we've known about it for years. The Canadian government started an investigation into the issue last year. Even cars manufactured in Canada are cheaper to buy in the U.S. than in Canada.