By adding energy (and momentum)? That seems unlikely to work. I guess you could try to shoot at things headed towards you over the horizon, to slow things down?
I was assuming it was to vaporize things to make the re-condensed remnants small and dispersed enough to be less of a problem. Though that seems like a tough problem if you have to stay trained on an orbiting bolt for any length of time, as the atmosphere wobbles your laser around.
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By adding energy (and momentum)? That seems unlikely to work. I guess you could try to shoot at things headed towards you over the horizon, to slow things down?
I was assuming it was to vaporize things to make the re-condensed remnants small and dispersed enough to be less of a problem. Though that seems like a tough problem if you have to stay trained on an orbiting bolt for any length of time, as the atmosphere wobbles your laser around.