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* [http://www.pioneerastro.com/Projects/USSIT/ussit.html Pioneer Astronautics - Ultralight Solar Sail for Interstellar Travel]
 
* [http://www.pioneerastro.com/Projects/USSIT/ussit.html Pioneer Astronautics - Ultralight Solar Sail for Interstellar Travel]
 
* [http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/suess/Interstellar_Probe/ISP-Intro.html The Interstellar Probe] - an Introduction to, and Rationale for [http://interstellar.jpl.nasa.gov/ The Interstellar Probe.]
 
* [http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/suess/Interstellar_Probe/ISP-Intro.html The Interstellar Probe] - an Introduction to, and Rationale for [http://interstellar.jpl.nasa.gov/ The Interstellar Probe.]
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===Research===
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* [http://www.spacesailing.net/ Spacesailing.net: Bernd Dachwald's research on solar sailing]
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* [http://www.eas.asu.edu/~sunsail/ Arizona State University: Homepage of the ASU Solar Sail Research Project]
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* [http://www.kp.dlr.de/SolarSail/ DLR Solar Sail Homepage]
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* [http://www.ilcdover.com/products/aerospace_defense/solarsails.htm ILC Dover Solar Sails and Inflatable Booms]
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* [http://www.aero.kyushu-u.ac.jp/solar_sail/solar_sail.html Kyushu University Solar Sail Research] - in Japanese
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* [http://www.solarvision.org/ Solarvision] - Cross-university research on solar sailing.
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** [http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/students/archivesall.cfm?PageNum_Archives=3 NASA Microgravity University flights] - Scroll down to "Photon Propulsion for Gossamer Spacecraft".
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* [http://rise.rutgers.edu/rise2001/scholars.php3?name=vasquez RISE 2001 Summer Scholars - David Vasquez - "Conceptual Analysis of Solar Sails and Integration of Piezoelectric Ceramics as Sensors and Actuators"]
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* [http://www.stg.srs.com/atd/Solar_Sail.htm SRS Technologies: Solar Sails]
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* [http://www.aero.gla.ac.uk/Research/Ss/Solar.htm University of Glasgow Solar Sail Mission Analysis: Colin McInnes]
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* [http://sec.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA Goddard: Sun-Earth Connection] - Solar sails are identified as the highest priority propulsion technology for this program.
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* [http://www.inspacepropulsion.com/tech/sails.html NASA In-Space Propulsion Technologies: Solar Sails]
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* [http://home.earthlink.net/~jbenford/ Microwave Sciences] - Microwave sail propulsion experiments
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===General Information===
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* [http://geocities.com/bobvanx/play/handy/topicplayreflector.html Spin Stabilized Ring Solar Sail] - by Robert van der Walle. Shows the Mirua-Ori folding technique applied to a ring-shaped sail.
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* [http://planetary.org/solarsail/science_fiction.html Solar Sails in Science Fiction] - by Alan C. Elms
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* [http://www.spacecraftkits.com/cosmos1/ Build Your Own Cosmos-1 Solar Sail Spacecraft Scale Model!]
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* [http://www.jracademy.com/~harrisa/index.html Beyond Rocketry] - See: Solar Sails and Laser Sails
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* [http://yarchive.net/space/spacecraft/solar_sails.html Newsgroup postings on solar sails] - by Henry Spencer and Jordin Kare
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* [http://www.asi.org/adb/05/lunar-solar-sail-race.html Artemis Project: Racing Solar Sails Around the Moon]
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/exploration/futurespaceflight/solarsails.shtml BBCi - Space - Solar Sails]
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* [http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Solsail.htm Far-out Pathways to Space: Solar Sails]
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* [http://www.futurespace.de/library/database/solarsail.html futureSPACE Library - Solar Sails]
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* [http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/html/warp/ideaknow.htm Warp Drive When: Ideas Based On What We Know] - See "Robert Forward's interstellar laser sails"
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* [http://www.itsf.org/index.php?PAGE=brochure%2Fsolarsail.html Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction for Space Applications: Solar- or Light Sails]
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* [http://www.woodmansee.com/science/rocket/r-interstellar/r-interstellar-19.html Light Sail (Interstellar Flight: The Possibilities)] - by Paul Woodmansee
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* [http://aerospace.wcc.hawaii.edu/sail.html Sailing by Sunlight] - Windward Community College Aerospace Exploration Lab
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* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000BC20B-EDDB-1CB8-B4A8809EC588EEDF Scientific American: Light Sails] - by Henry M. Harris (for subscribers only)
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* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail Wikipedia: Solar Sail]
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* [http://www.ucar.edu/eo/staff/dward/sao/fit/sails.htm Fuelling Interplanetary Travel: Solar Sails] - by Dennis Ward
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===Magnetic, Plasma, and Other Space Sails===
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* [http://dosxx.colorado.edu/~delamere/NASA_TP_04_213143.pdf Plasma Sail Concept Fundamentals] by [http://dosxx.colorado.edu/~delamere/ Peter Delamere] and others. A NASA supported independant analysis of the physics of plasma sails.
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* [http://www.ess.washington.edu/Space/propulsion.html Advanced Electric Propulsion] - including plasma sails (or mini-magnetospheric plasma propulsion - M2P2).
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* [http://bex.nsstc.uah.edu/RbS/HTML/STAIF02/ Characterization of Dusty Plasmas for Solar Sails]
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* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_sail Magnetic Sail - Wikipedia]
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* [http://highway2space.com/ast/abstracts/3C_Frisb.html Solar and Electromagnetic Sails for the Mars Cargo Mission]
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* [http://www.hbartech.com/propulsion.html Hbar Technologies Antimatter Sail Concept]
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* [http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer29/MagSails.html Stellar Windjammers: The Magnetic Sail Space Drive] - an article by Sean Barrett on magnetic sails for [http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer29/MagSails.html Roleplayer.]
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===Art, Entertainment, and Miscellaneous===
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* [http://www.randyasplund.com/browse/sfpg/solsail.html Solar Sail Construction Platform] - a painting by [http://www.randyasplund.com/ Randy Asplundh], showing large solar sails under construction in Earth orbit. Also has a concise description of solar sailing.
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* [http://www.scifaiku.com/read/topten.html Scifaiku Top Ten - Solar Sail]
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* [http://www.cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio/portfolio251/pages/293-SailsOfTauCeti.htm Sails of Tau Ceti] and [http://www.cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio/portfolio001/pages/016-Sunjammer.htm Sunjammer] - paintings by [http://www.cosmographica.com/ Don Dixon (Cosmographica)] of some very big solar sails.
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* [http://www.novaspace.com/CALENDAR/Beyond2001.html Solar Sail Races] - an print available in [http://www.novaspace.com/ARTIST/PatRawlings.html Pat Rawlings] Beyond 2001 SAIC calendar.
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* [http://homepage.mac.com/joebergeron/solarsail.html Solar Sail] - an illustration by Joe Bergeron for the astronomy textbook <em>The Cosmic Perspective.</em>
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* [http://www.ricksternbach.com/spaceart.html Laser Light Sail] - an illustration by Rick Sternbach of a lander leaving an interstellar multi-stage laser sail to explore an alien world. Scroll down to see it.
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* [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000526.html Solar Sail] - a NASA Marshall Space Flight Center illustration of a solar sail on the Astronomy Picture of the Day site.

Revision as of 00:52, 17 February 2006

Just as the internet is growing dramatically, so is interest in solar sails. The last time I checked, I found 305,000 hits for "solar OR light OR space sail OR sails OR sailing" on Google.

Therefore, I will provide a selection of web pages, rather than attempt to link to everything.

Here are some links to search the internet for solar sail information:


Contents

Selected Web Sites

General Websites

Missions

Past Missions

Missions in Development

Mission Concepts

Documents

Also See: Bibliography

General

Sail Design and Architecture

Dynamics and Mission Concepts

Interstellar

Research

General Information

Magnetic, Plasma, and Other Space Sails

Art, Entertainment, and Miscellaneous

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