Third way

the problem is not the energy sourse, its the fuel. if hes heating
air in a kind of jet, he could get considerable altitude and speed
from it, but he'd still have to carry propellant to get out of the
atmosphere.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Omar E. Vega"
>
> Hi,
>
> I remember reading years ago about a proposal for sending suttles
to
> space by mean of laser powered "flying saurcers". The idea was to
> have a power satellite in space which sent energy to
> those "saucers", and in there the energy was used to heat some
fuel,
> producing a very high trust.
>
> The main idea was that the source of energy was outside the ship,
so
> alternative propulsion systems could be applyied to give trust.
>
> Have any one heared about a proposal as crazy like that? I think,
> potentially could be an interesting solution to sent cargo to
space.