News: Space laser proposed to zap space junk

CNET has an article mentioning: "... Like this Reply to this comment by Vesicant March 17, 2011 10:52 AM PDT How is this supposed to work? By ablation, or light pressure, like a solar sail? Neither one seems like it would work in a reasonable amount of time with that small a laser. And how would it ensure that the object is actually ..."

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