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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Re: Life imitates art? (another case)
Message-ID: <5893@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 26-May-87 23:16:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 26 23:16:02 1987
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In article <1115@oliveb.UUCP> gnome@oliveb.UUCP (Gary) writes:
-Well, according to the May 7 MACHINE DESIGN, Lockheed-Georgia has entered
-a proposal to create a smaller version of "Project Flashlight".
-Their idea is to beam 2MW of power (as microwaves) at their unmanned planes
-in order to keep them in a figure-8 watchdog position over an area for
-60 to 90 days.

I really think this (as well as similar ideas for beaming power
to Earth from solar-collector satellites) is extremely dangerous.
What is to keep someone (even a poor little bird) from flying
through the beam by accident?