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Fwd: RE: starship-design: Want to bet that Black Horse is in here somewhere?



hey, thanksfor the feedback. next question: aren't weapons illegal in space?

stuff the ballot box for mining the moon!

http://www.opinionsite.com/Default.asp

keep looking up

Curtis

  "L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net> wrote:

From: "L. Parker"
To: "'Curtis Manges'" ,
"'starship-design'"
Subject: RE: starship-design: Want to bet that Black Horse is in here somewhere?
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 16:49:16 -0500

Bingo!

Atmospheric ionization was one of the largest obstacles airborne lasers had
to overcome. It caused a thermal bloom which then spread the beam and
significantly reduced energy on target. This has been mostly overcome, but
at the speeds fighter aircraft typically move, they will outrun the
solution.

So why are they looking at laser weapons on a fighter airframe if they
aren't going to be significantly better than missiles or guns? Because Black
Horse is a fighter sized airframe and is designed to reach orbit...where
atmospheric interference is no longer a problem and the laser WILL
outperform missiles and guns.

It makes one heck of a quick launch antisatellite weapon and would probably
even be able to generate some significant antiballistic missile usefulness.

Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-starship-design@lists.uoregon.edu
[mailto:owner-starship-design@lists.uoregon.edu]On Behalf Of Curtis Manges
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:41 AM
To: starship-design
Subject: Fwd: starship-design: Want to bet that Black Horse is in here
somewhere?


intersting, but will it really work? I thought I'd heard something about
lasers (though good in space) being lousy as atmospheric weapons. I think
it's because the beam begins to ionize the air in its path and causes
diffusion. tell me if that sounds right.
keep looking up
Curtis


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