# Bob vs The Laser

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I thought I had posted this:

> [@Can we start ground fires with space lasers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-ground-fires-with-space-lasers/932132/87):
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> I worked at NASA GSFC for a summer. I was wandering around the hallways one day, and came across an article from an ophthalmology magazine that had been taped to a door. It told the story of a guy who caught a reflected laser beam in the eye - he heard a “pop,” and lost vision in a portion of his visual field. They had photos of the damage to the eye, and a description of his prognosis (vision gone in that area forever). At the bottom of the article, someone had written: “The laser in this roo…

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