If we ever have to move something, could we carry and amplify using laser force?
Yes , read about radiation pressure.
one small prototype designed to launch space shuttle in space too.
Yes, check a tractor beam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor_beam#2010s
It works really well for small objects. Provides fantastic positioning accuracy.
Deceleration of atoms by laser light is used to cool substances into the Bose-Einstein-Condensate phase. This is called "laser cooling". It is also possible to accelerate atoms with laser light. As the previous repliers already stated "radiation pressure" is the keyword here.
The answer is yes. Read about optical tweezer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_tweezers). Steve Chu won Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in this area.
Ok Ken Toyama, we can move distant object in cosmic space, if we had several lasers focus slightly before our object - for examle several length of wave of light or for size of dat object. Am I right? I think distance is critical subject matter.
Yes, read the following articles:
Lase-induced motion of nanoparticles in micro channels, Fluid (2016) 1, 35 www.mdpi.com/journal/fluids
Discovering the feasibility of using radiation forces for recovering rare earth element from coal-power plant by-products, Advanced Powder Technology, 26 (2015) 1466-1472
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