Bakersfield man pleads guilty to pointing laser at helicopter, faces five-year sentence
A 35-year-old Bakersfield man pleaded guilty on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, to aiming the laser pointer beam at a Kern County ...
Bakersfield man pleads guilty to shining laser at KCSO helicopter
A Bakersfield man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to shining a laser beam at a Kern County sheriff’s ...
Caltech’s Lightsail Experiment Brings Interstellar Travel Closer to Reality
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Tiny spacecraft could travel across interstellar space with this 'trampoline' lightsail
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Lightsail space tech gets tailwind from Caltech breakthrough
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DOJ: Bakersfield man pleads guilty to aiming laser at KCSO helicopter
A Bakersfield man faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to aiming a laser pointer at a Kern County Sheriff's Office helicopter known as Air One in 2023.