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This website contains information on solar sailing, an old idea but a new technology for moving around and doing things in space. Solar sails are very large and lightweight mirrors that are pushed through space by sunlight. Traditionally, spacecraft have used rockets or thrusters, which propel material in one direction to travel in the other. To learn more, take a look through the sections listed below.
 
This website contains information on solar sailing, an old idea but a new technology for moving around and doing things in space. Solar sails are very large and lightweight mirrors that are pushed through space by sunlight. Traditionally, spacecraft have used rockets or thrusters, which propel material in one direction to travel in the other. To learn more, take a look through the sections listed below.
  
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* '''August 25, 2008''' [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]
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* '''August 2, 2008''' NanoSail-D launch was lost [http://kwajrockets.blogspot.com/ Kimbal Musk's blog]
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* '''July 31, 2008''' [http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/31jul_solarsails.htm Science@NASA: A Brief History of Solar Sails]
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* '''June 27, 2008:''' [[NanoSail-D]] mission to be launched on or about July 29th.
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* '''June 23, 2008:''' [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/20080623.html The Planetary Society Solar Sail Update]
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* '''March 18, 2008:''' [[Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, 1917-2008|Sir Arthur Charles Clarke passes away.]]
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Revision as of 15:01, 10 May 2010

This website contains information on solar sailing, an old idea but a new technology for moving around and doing things in space. Solar sails are very large and lightweight mirrors that are pushed through space by sunlight. Traditionally, spacecraft have used rockets or thrusters, which propel material in one direction to travel in the other. To learn more, take a look through the sections listed below.

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