Worlds most powerfull and accurate laser.....

[wacki]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/05/23/s....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.



wow, that is accurate.

[TStoneMBD]

can it blow up planets? cause that would be cool

[wacki]

It's used to start fusion reactions. So.... maybe.

[tbach24]

minime, stop humping the giant fricking laser. why dont you two just get a freaking room

[thatpfunk]

You always have really interesting science stories Wacki. Thanks for the contributions.

[wacki]

No problem. I'm glad you like them.

[wacki]

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]

so if you get zapped it hurts?

[ceyoung]

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]

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so if you get zapped it hurts?

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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.