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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010, was produced under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It describes nanosatellite technologies and proposes launching nanosats into orbit with laser Lightcraft propulsion. It also covers a weapon mission selection study and multi-megawatt laser options. The author recommends that the Department of Defense and NASA bring Lightcraft R&D back to the United States and restart the X-50LR flight demonstration program.

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  • p. 17 …In the 1990's, a joint program involving the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center and the…
  • p. 33 …and development currently underway at the NSF, NASA and the AFRL (Dayton, OH) is successful, then…
  • p. 74 …This author recommends that the Department of Defense, in collaboration with NASA, return laser Lightcraft propulsion…
  • p. 75 …A. (1972), "Laser Propulsion," NASA Technical Memorandum TM X-2510. 4 Pirri, A. N., and Weiss…
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