
With a laser beam centered on its solar panel, a lightweight model aircraft is checked out by technician Tony Frakowiak and researcher Tim Blackwell before its power-beamed demonstration flight.
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ED03-0249-07
Date Created
September 17, 2003
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AFRC
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image
Photographer
NASA/Tom Tschida
Location
AFRC
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