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Will there be an orbital laser before 2035?
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Some examples of things that could qualify:
Must be a big laser, intended to do something awesome. Someone bringing a laser pointer to the ISS doesn't count. Not does communications technology, that's old news. A ground-based laser also doesn't count, even if it's cool and has something to do with orbit. (If there's an orbiting mirror reflecting it somewhere though, that's awesome enough that I might make an exception.)
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What counts as big? You put LISA as something that would qualify but prototypes for the laser don’t look very large.
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What about Starlink’s optical space lasers? Awesome or no? Nvm it’s communication
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