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From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Laser Test Successful
Message-ID: <3883@alice.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 20:18:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 20:18:55 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 23-Jun-85 04:22:38 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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What started as a 5 mm wide laser beam grew to 30 feet in
diameter by the time it had reached the shuttle today.  In
the test, the beam was reflected perfectly back to the ground,
and controllers were able to track the shuttle for over
2 minutes.