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Beam-Riding of a Parabolic Laser Lightcraft
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1 Institute of Technical Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany
, H.-A. EckelRelated information1 Institute of Technical Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany
, H.-P. RöserRelated information2 Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany