Okay, fine. So Ion Cannons aren’t happening any time soon. Besides, unless China builds a working Star Destroyer knock off, it won’t have a viable use. That doesn’t mean giant lasers with incredible range will never come to be. Aerospace today might not be a frantic as it once was, but fast developing fields are still eliciting much excitement. Other than commercialized space flight, a lot of scientists and engineers are trying to solve our chronic space debris problem.