FLASHBACK! 2004: NASA Unveils "Microwave Lightcraft" UFO "Concept" ;-) w/ Technology Explained!

“Microwaves are beamed from either a ground station or an orbiting solar power satellite to the lightcraft. The energy received breaks air molecules into a plasma and a magnetohydrodynamic fanjet provides the lifting force.“

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Microwave Lightcraft concept

by NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
Publication date 4/15/2004

Looking like an alien space ship or a flying saucer the Microwave Lightcraft is an unconventional launch vehicle approach for delivering payload to orbit using power transmitted via microwaves. Microwaves re beamed from either a ground station or an orbiting solar power satellite to the lightcraft. The energy received breaks air molecules into a plasma and a magnetohydrodynamic fanjet provides the lifting force. Only a small amount of propellant is required for circulation, attitude control and deorbit.

Added date 2009-11-20 01:12:50

Identifier MSFC-9906398

Insightuid nasaNAS~9~9~61954~165801

Rights Public Domain

Source http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=583

Year 2004

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I presume NASA meant to type ‘altitude control’ instead of ‘attitude control’ unless all of their ‘flight control’ tech is simply behavior modification for us.