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====Deep Space Probes: To the Outer Solar System and Beyond====
By Gregory L. Matloff. Springer-Verlag New York, LLC, 2005. 2nd edition. ISBN 3-540-24772-6

Following on [[#The Starflight Handbook: a Pioneers Guide to Interstellar Travel]], this book takes into account the most recent developments in propulsion technology. There is extensive discussion of solar sail technology and missions, including the entire appendix.

====Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane and Inflatable Structures Technology for Space Applications====
Edited by Christopher H. M. Jenkins. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., Reston, Virginia, 2001. Volume 191 of Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Editor-in-Chief Paul Zarchan. ISBN 1-56347-403-4

This book discusses various aspects of gossamer and inflatable spacecraft technology, with contributions by many different authors. Chapter 19 "Gossamer Sailcraft Technology" by Moktar Salama, [[Solar Sailors#Colin McInnes|Colin McInnes]], and [[Solar Sailors#Patricia Mulligan|Patricia Mulligan]], covers solar sails. Chapter 22 "Advanced Concepts" by Artur Chmielewski discusses solar sails and large, gossamer space observatories.

====Recent Advances in Gossamer Spacecraft====
Edited by Christopher H. M. Jenkins. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., Reston, Virginia, 2006. Volume 212 of Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Editor-in-Chief Frank K. Lu. ISBN 1-56347-777-7

This is the follow-on book to "Gossamer Spacecraft" (described above) discussing recent work in gossamer and inflatable spacecraft technology. Specifically, Chapter 5 "Solar Sail Propulsion Technology Development" discusses solar sail technology advancement conducted under NASA's In-Space Propulsion Technologies solar sail program resulting in the ground deployment of two 20-m solar sails in a vacuum chamber. This work is precusory to actual flight validation which is currently being studied under the NASA New Millenium Program ST-9.

====Large Space Structures Formed by Centrifugal Forces====
By Vitali M. Melnikov and Vladimir A. Kosholev, and translated by Nina Barabush. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, India, 1998. Volume 4 of Earth Space Institute Book Series, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Peter Kleber. ISBN 90-5699-112-4

This book reviews many of the technial details in implementing large, gossamer space structures that are deployed and supported by spinning. This comes from comprehensive research, development, and flight testing by RSC Energia in Russia. Included is a detailed discussion of Znamya 2, a successful test of a 20 m diameter spin-supported reflector in low Earth orbit. There is some discussion of a solar sail spacecraft desgn, including a diagram.

====Mechanics of Spaceflight Low-Thrust====
By G. L. Grodzovskii, Yu. N. Ivanov, and V. V. Tokarev. Translated by A. Baruch. Israel program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1969. NASA Technical Translation F 507.

Includes sections on solving for optimized trajectories for solar sails and radioactive isotope sails. This section is on pages 315-325.

====The Mote in God's Eye====
By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1974. ISBN 0-671-21833-6

This is a science fiction story about humanity's first contact with alien intelligence about 1000 years after attaining faster-than-light travel. The aliens contact humanity by sending a piloted laser sail to an inhabited human world.

====Planet of the Apes====
By Pierre Boulle. The Vanguard Press, Inc., New York, 1963. Library of Congress Card Number: 63-21843

This science fiction story, which is far different from the movies, begins with a fantastically fast solar sail. A quote from the book describing the sail can be found at U3P.

====Project: Solar Sail====
Edited by Arthur C. Clarke, David Brin, and Jonathan Post. Penguin Books, 1990. ISBN 0-451-45002-7

A collection of essays and short stories about solar sails. This book was part of a fund-raising effort for the World Space Foundation.

====Rocheworld - by Robert L. Forward====
Rocheworld is the story of a one way human interstellar laser sail exploration program. The focus of the story is about the first mission, which is sent to Barnard's Star. This story draws heavily from Forward's work on multi-stage interstellar laser sails. The sequels to Rocheworld also describe the solar sail.

====Solar Sailing: Technology Dynamics and Mission Applications====
By Colin R. McInnes. Springer-Verlag, London, ISBN 1-85233-102-X, 1999. 296 pages.

This is a very comprehensive book on all aspects of solar sailing. The first chapter is a borad summary discussing principles, history, practicality, applications, and future direction. The following chapters go into great depth - both in discussion and mathematics - on light pressure, design (including many historical designs) and steering, orbital mechanics, "non-Keplerian" orbits, mission case studies, and laser-driven sails. Look at the table of contents and cover for a preview:
* Table of Contents
* [[:Image:SolarSailingCover.jpg|Cover]]

====Space Sailing====
By Jerome Wright. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1992. Library of Congress call number: TL783.9.W75 1992. ISBN 2-88124-803-9 (hardcover) and ISBN 2-88124-842-X (softcover).

Space Sailing was written by Jerome Wright to publish details of the JPL Halley rendezvous study from the 1970s, as well as his own continuing work. The book discusses a rich variety of solar sail configurations, applications, and considerations to be taken in their design. Some of the topics discussed are:
* Uses for a sail at every body in the solar system (and beyond)
* Numerous possible sailing vessel designs
* Details of the fabrication and deployment of sail films
* Support structure construction
* Considerations for solar sail operation in a variety of circumstances
* Laser (and microwave) propelled solar sails for interstellar travel

====Space Sailing====
By Dorothy M. Souza. Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, 1994. Library of Congress call number: TL783.9 .568 1994. ISBN 0822528509

Provides an overview of solar sailing, from history, to interplanetary missions, to interstellar travel. Includes many photographs and images. Listed as juvenile literature, but good for any readership.

====The Starflight Handbook: a Pioneers Guide to Interstellar Travel====
By Eugene F. Mallove and Gregory L. Matloff. Wiley Science Editions, New York, 1989. Library of Congress call number: TL790 .M26 1989

Discusses the considerations to be taken when travelling to another star, as well as the propulsion required to get there. The authors limited themselves to propulsion where the physics is more or less known (no faster-than-light or reactionless systems). Discusses sails using both lasers and sunlight.

====Starsailing: Solar Sails and Interstellar Travel====
By Louis Friedman. Wiley, New York, 1988. Library of Congress call number: TL783.9 .F75 1988.

Discusses the history of solar sailing up to 1988, particularly the 1977-78 JPL Halley Rendezvous study. Also discusses the designs for the JPL study, possibilities for travel throughout the solar system and beyond, and a proposed race to the moon for the 500 year anniversary of Columbus reaching North America.
* Selected chapters from the book
* Abstract

====The Wreck of ''The River of Stars''====
By Michael Flynn. Tor, New York, 2003. ISBN 076534033X

A novel about ''The River of Stars'', a one-time magnetic sail luxury liner turned fusion rocket tramp freighter raising her sails again.

====Prospects for Interstellar Travel====
By John H. Mauldin. Published for the American Astronautical Society by Univelt Inc., San Diego, 1992. Volume 80 Science and Technology Series, ISBN 0-87703-345-5 (soft cover)

Discusses various aspects of interstellar travel. Chapter 2.8 briefly discusses solar sails.

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===A===

====[http://www.andrews-space.com/ Dana Andrews]====
Dana Andrews and [[#Robert Zubrin|Robert Zubrin]] have done considerable study on magnetic sails, which use a magnetic field to deflect charged particles for propulsion.

===B===

====Pierre Boulle====
* [[Books#Planet of the Apes]]

====[http://www.davidbrin.com/ David Brin]====
* [[Books#Project: Solar Sail]]

===C===

====[http://www.clarkefoundation.org/ Arthur C. Clarke]====
*[[Books#Project: Solar Sail]]

===D===

====[[Ben|Benjamin L. Diedrich]]====
mailto:ben@solarsails.info

====[http://www.interworldtransport.com/ Alfred W. Differ]====

====[http://e-drexler.com/p/idx04/00/0404drexlerBioCV.html K. Eric Drexler]====
Eric Drexler invented the high performance solar sail for his MS thesis at the MIT department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His current field of research is in nanotechnology, as chairman of the Foresight Institute and author of Engines of Creation.

===E===

====[http://www.ewingresearch.com/ Anthony Ewing]====
Systems engineering consulting specializing in research, design, and analysis of solar sail powered spacecraft.

===F===

====[http://www.robertforward.com/ Robert L. Forward]====
Robert Forward wrote numerous papers on space travel, including many novel solar sail designs and applications.
These have included, but are not limited to, microwave sails, designs for flyby, one way, and two way laser driven solar sails, the solar photon thruster, and sail levitated orbits.
Robert Forward was most recently a partner and chief scientist of Tethers Unlimited.
He died on September 21st, 2002.
*[[Robert L. Forward Obituary]]
*[[Books#Rocheworld]], Martian Rainbow, Timemaster, and others

====[http://www.planetary.org/about/louis_friedman.html Louis Friedman]====
Louis Friedman is the executive director of The Planetary Society.
*[[Books#Starsailing: Solar Sails and Interstellar Travel]]

====[http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/ Geoffrey A. Landis]====
* [http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/papers.html Papers on the web]

====[http://www.kayser-threde.de/ Manfred Leipold]====
mailto:Manfred.Leipold@kayser-threde.de

Manfred Leipold currently works for [http://www.kayser-threde.com/ Kayser-Threde] on a solar sail demonstration mission.
Kayser-Threde is the prime contractor/operator of this mission on behalf of the [http://www.esa.int/ European Space Agency (ESA)] and [http://www.dlr.de/ German Aerospace Center (DLR).]
Older information on this project is available at the [http://www.kp.dlr.de/solarsail/ DLR Solar Sail Homepage.]

===M===

====[http://www.mecheng.strath.ac.uk/staffmember.asp?name=McInnes,C Colin R. McInnes]====
mailto:colin.mcinnes@strath.ac.uk
*[[Books#Solar Sailing: Technology Dynamics and Mission Applications]]
*[[Books#Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane and Inflatable Structures Technology for Space Applications]]

====Patricia Mulligan====
mailto:Patricia.Mulligan@noaa.gov
* [[Books#Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane and Inflatable Structures Technology for Space Applications]]

====Gregory L. Matloff====
*[[Books#The Starflight Handbook: a Pioneers Guide to Interstellar Travel]]
*[[Books#Deep Space Probes: To the Outer Solar System and Beyond]]

====Eugene F. Mallove====
*[[Books#The Starflight Handbook: a Pioneers Guide to Interstellar Travel]]

====Esther Morrow====
*Paper: [http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v32n3/dps2000/369.htm Solar Sails at Asteroids: Close Proximity Operations for Scientific Missions (Abstract)]

===N===

====[http://www.larryniven.org Larry Niven]====
*[[Books#The Mote in God's Eye]]

===P===

====[http://www.magicdragon.com/jvp.html Jonothan Vos Post]====
*[[Books#Project: Solar Sail]]

===S===

====Dorothy M. Souza====
*[[Books#Space Sailing 2]]

====Robert L. Staehle====
Robert Staehle was the president of the World Space Foundation and currently works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

====[http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~scheeres/ Daniel J. Scheeres]====
*[http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~scheeres/reprints.html Publications]

===T===

====Fridrikh Tsander====
Fridrikh Tsander was an early Russian space visionary who discussed using large, lightweight mirrors for spacecraft propulsion.

====Konstantin Tsiolkovsky====
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was an early Russian space visionary who discussed the possibility of propelling spacecraft by using a beam of light like rocket exhaust.

===W===

====[http://sail.quarkweb.com/ Jerome L. Wright]====
mailto:wright1225@hotmail.com

Jerome Wright developed a trajectory to rendezvous with Halley's Comet by solar sail in a little over four years from a 1981 launch. Wright joined a JPL project prompted by his work to design a solar sail for a Halley rendezvous. This was the most thorough study of solar sailing to date, which produced much valuable information on solar sailing in general and on specific configurations. Unfortunately, funding was cut for the solar sail in favor of ion engine propulsion, which was also cut. After the JPL project was canceled, Wright and others started the World Space Foundation, which built square solar sail engineering models and manufacturing equipment. Their design was to be launched on a race against other sail designs by groups around the world in a race to the moon and mars.
*[[Books#Space Sailing]]

===Z===

====[http://www.marssociety.org/ Robert Zubrin]====
mailto:rzubrin@marssociety.org

Robert Zubrin and [[#Dana Andrews|Dana Andrews]] have done considerable study on magnetic sails, which use a magnetic field to deflect charged particles for propulsion. Robert Zubrin is a founder of the Mars Society, president of Pioneer Astronautics, and is on the executive commitee of the National Space Society.