Papers

Search Engines
These links provide a good source of technical literature on solar sails.
 * Scientific Commons - May or may not have free online papers. Search for "solar sail"
 * NASA Technical Report Server - May or may not have free online papers. Simple search for "solar sail"
 * AIAA Electronic Library - Papers available to AIAA journal subscribers or conference attendees only. 1st page is usually available for free. Enter "solar sail" in full text search box for comprehensive results.
 * Google Scholar - Search for "solar sail"
 * SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System - Search for "solar sail"

Hosted Papers
Solar sail papers hosted at this website.
 * SOLAR SAILING AND SOLAR POWER GENERATION BY "ROLLER REEFING" presentation given by Frank Ellinghaus
 * Solar sailing and solar power-generation by “Roller-Reefing” - a design paper - of a demonstrator solar sail power station spacecraft (SSPS) by Frank Ellinghaus
 * Poster by Frank Ellinghaus on a SEP-Solar-Sail spacecraft with a "Roller Reefing" system for control presented at the 2007 International Symposium on Solar Sailing.
 * Solar Sail Mission Requirements by Robert L. Forward, Colin R. McInnes, and Benjamin L. Diedrich
 * A collection of solar sail references by Elena Polyakhova
 * Attitude Control and Dynamics of Solar Sails by Benjamin L. Diedrich
 * Gossamer Spacecraft Survey Study an historical survey of gossamer spacecraft structures by Dr. Robert L. Forward, with Benjamin L. Diedrich