Tractor beams

DeltaV · Post by **DeltaV** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:49 pm

NASA hopes to develop tractor beam

Optical solenoid beams

Backward Pulling Force from a Forward Propagating Beam

krenshala · Post by **krenshala** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:33 pm

The author of the article wrote:The concept of tractor beams grabbing spaceships and meteors remains an exotic idea right out of "Star Track."

I'm guessing the author wasn't a Star Trek fan ...

This is definitely interesting. I wonder what the applied force is like? Is it down in the μN range, or something higher?

DeltaV · Post by **DeltaV** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:32 pm

Particles for now.

With a Polywell-powered beam..........?