Ok, so I get that the concept of a Tractor Beam is still in the realm of science fiction. However I'm still curious about what the theories are on how they might work. Can anyone explain?

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lifeaintsocool t1_je9h9ct wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:58 AM

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There have been real-world examples of Tractor Beams. Here's one:

unknownpoltroon t1_je9nzh9 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:58 PM

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Replying to lifeaintsocool (#2,480,673)

It's china. Those are real world "claims" of creating a tractor beam.

I will wait until someone else replicates it.

dja_ra t1_jeabgs0 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:50 PM

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The simplest solution would be a form of magnetism. Assuming that spaceship design cant bypass this by using non-magnetic materials.

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Mercurionio t1_jebaki2 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:35 PM

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Dark matter, changing the direction of gravitational waves.

[deleted] t1_jebjjby wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:31 PM

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Longjumping-Tie-7573 t1_jebt929 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:34 PM

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Since they have technology to warp spacetime to throw chunks of it across the universe, I'm thinking a tractor beam is a form of spacetime warping that scrunches up the spacetime between the ships. So the tractored object doesn't pop back to the original distance once the beam is turn off, they must have a way of smoothing the folds out 'under' the ship.

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