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wacki
05-23-2005, 09:34 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/05/23/super.laser.ap/index.html

Ed Moses talks of the "grand challenge" that has consumed him for the past five years, comparing it to trying to hit the strike zone with a baseball from 350 miles (563 kilometers) away or tossing a dime into a parking meter from 40 miles (64 kilometers) away.

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/TECH/05/23/super.laser.ap/story.nif.target.chamber.jpg

wow, that is accurate.
TStoneMBD
05-23-2005, 09:40 PM
can it blow up planets? cause that would be cool
wacki
05-23-2005, 09:42 PM
It's used to start fusion reactions. So.... maybe.
tbach24
05-23-2005, 09:43 PM
minime, stop humping the giant fricking laser. why dont you two just get a freaking room
thatpfunk
05-23-2005, 09:46 PM
You always have really interesting science stories Wacki. Thanks for the contributions.
wacki
05-23-2005, 09:48 PM
No problem. I'm glad you like them.
wacki
05-23-2005, 09:49 PM
The trip will take one-thousandth of a second during which the light's energy is amplified many billions of times to create a brief laser pulse 1,000 times the electric generating power of the United States.

This is the stats on the power..
TStoneMBD
05-23-2005, 09:51 PM
so if you get zapped it hurts?
ceyoung
05-23-2005, 09:52 PM
ive actually gone on the tour. the place is really amazing. the building itself is something like 3 football fields long. i went right after first light, so i got to see pretty much everything.
tbach24
05-23-2005, 09:54 PM
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IIRC with lasers in general, if you get zapped it just heats (and therefore speeds) up your molecules so you evaporate or something. I could be way off tho.
gunt
05-23-2005, 09:57 PM
that thing got a hemi?
daryn
05-23-2005, 10:00 PM
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depends on the intensity i believe
Sponger15SB
05-23-2005, 10:02 PM
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that thing got a hemi?

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Blarg
05-23-2005, 10:03 PM
They should find a way to put it on sharks.
tworooks
05-23-2005, 10:24 PM
dam thats pretty sick
somethingstupid
05-23-2005, 10:45 PM
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wacki
05-23-2005, 10:46 PM
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lordfoo
05-24-2005, 04:34 AM
If you get a powerful laser beam (like a carbon dioxide laser) in your eye, the energy from the beam will pop the blood vessels on the back of your eye (on the retina). You'll hear a loud snapping sound, and everything will turn red.

On the other hand, if you get hit in a random place (like your arm) with a powerful laser, since most lasers are in the infrared, they will indeed heat you up. I don't think there's a laser powerful enough to evaporate you though!