Laser propulsion based space travel..

Came across this article.. now we can think of going to space without using present day rocket fuel based propulsion.. but with laser propulsion

Leik Myrabo, an aerospace engineer, who has been working on this for nearly 3 decades claims it can now soon become reality.. He also hints at using this technology to go from one region of earth to the opposite end within an hour !!!

Then we can commute between India and US daily for work;-) ... but still we might take more than that to commute to the laser transport station from our home in Bangalore with the traffic the way it is today :)

Read on..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090729/sc_space/laserpropulsionwildideamayfinallyshine