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    NASA propulsion technology brings 'flying cars' closer to reality

    Just needs a battery the size of an articulated lorry, but still...:) Aside from the power problems, the biggest issues with flying cars will be: 1: Infrastructure. One or two of these flying around is no issue, but lots of them will mean creating lots of air corridors that need to be kept...
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    Europe is looking at space-based solar power to address energy crisis

    Has anyone looked at the impact of these systems on the atmosphere? If we have a high energy beam (or any kind) effectively aiming at one point on earth, does that not mean that some of the energy will be absorbed by the various layers of the atmosphere as it passes through? Compared with the...