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<p>New page: &lt;startFeed/&gt; ==Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel== [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1223/1 Review of the book posted on The Space Review.] SolarSailWi...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;startFeed/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel==<br /> [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1223/1 Review of the book posted on The Space Review.]<br /> SolarSailWiki article: [[Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel]]<br /> --[[User:Ben]] 12:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ==MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th==<br /> [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/telecon5.html MESSENGER Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab page.]<br /> [[MESSENGER]] used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant. <br /> The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/multi05.html multimedia page] shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size.<br /> --[[User:Ben]] 12:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ==MESSENGER Sails on Sun's Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury==<br /> [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=102 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab press release].<br /> --[[User:Ben]] 12:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)<br /> <br /> &lt;!--<br /> ===August 25, 2008===<br /> * [http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/25/how-to-save-the-world-from-asteroid-impact-plastic-wrap/ Universe Today: How to Save the World From Asteroid Impact: Plastic Wrap] - First prize winner of the [http://www.spacegeneration.org/asteroid Move an Asteroid competition], Australian PhD student Mary D'Souza, proposes wrapping an asteroid with reflective film to deflect its orbit with solar radiation pressure.<br /> <br /> ===August 2, 2008===<br /> * NanoSail-D launch was lost [http://kwajrockets.blogspot.com/ Kimbal Musk's blog]<br /> <br /> ===July 31, 2008===<br /> *[http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/31jul_solarsails.htm Science@NASA: A Brief History of Solar Sails]<br /> <br /> ===June 27, 2008===<br /> * The [[NanoSail-D]] mission is to be launched on or about July 29th, 2008.<br /> <br /> ===June 23, 2008===<br /> * [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/20080623.html The Planetary Society Solar Sail Update, June 23, 2008]<br /> <br /> ===March 18, 2008===<br /> *[[Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, 1917-2008]] passes away. Please share your thoughts on the discussion page.<br /> --&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;endFeed/&gt;</div>

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