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Ambitious solar sail could launch this spring
Spaceflight Now ^
| 02/14/05
| STEPHEN CLARK
Posted on 02/14/2005 6:17:07 PM PST by KevinDavis
The Planetary Society's oft-delayed Cosmos 1 solar sail is finally on the verge of launching on its test mission to validate the practicality of a revolutionary propulsion method that relies on sunlight instead of chemical rocket fuels
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: solarsail; space
This is neat concept....
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
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posted on
02/14/2005 6:17:31 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
Isn't it rather a mischaricterization to speak of this as if sunlight were driving the sail. Isn't it actually ionic particles hitting the sail that pushes the craft? It's actually solar wind isn't it.
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posted on
02/14/2005 6:21:49 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
To: DoughtyOne; All
Solar Wind will be pushing the craft..
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posted on
02/14/2005 6:25:24 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
02/14/2005 6:27:38 PM PST
by
Samurai_Jack
(ride out and confront the evil!)
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