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November 9th 2011

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NASA studying ways to make ‘tractor beams’ a reality

A team of NASA scientists has won funding to study the concept of Star Trek-style tractor beams — the ability to trap and move objects using laser light — for remotely capturing planetary or atmospheric particles and delivering them to a robotic rover or orbiting spacecraft for analysis.

Full Story: Kurzweil

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NASA studying ways to make ‘tractor beams’ a reality A team of NASA scientists has won funding to study the concept of Star Trek-style tractor beams — the ability to trap and move objects using laser light — for remotely capturing planetary or atmospheric particles and delivering them to a robotic rover or orbiting spacecraft for analysis. Full Story: Kurzweil
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