Difference between revisions of "The Sunjammer Project"
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[[File:LGarde20mDemoSail.jpg|thumb|Sunjammer will be derived from a 20x20m solar sail ground demo L'Garde and NASA tested in 2005.]] | [[File:LGarde20mDemoSail.jpg|thumb|Sunjammer will be derived from a 20x20m solar sail ground demo L'Garde and NASA tested in 2005.]] | ||
| − | [http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/index.html NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist] awarded a contract to [http://www.lgarde.com/ L'Garde] to demonstrate flight of a solar sail for use in science and operational (e.g. space weather, environmental monitoring, communications) missions. | + | [http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/index.html NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist] awarded a contract to [http://www.lgarde.com/ L'Garde] to demonstrate flight of a solar sail for use in science and operational (e.g. space weather, environmental monitoring, communications) missions. Sunjammer was cancelled in 2014. |
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* [http://www.lgarde.com/programs/space-propulsion/sunjammer/ Sunjammer] at L'Garde | * [http://www.lgarde.com/programs/space-propulsion/sunjammer/ Sunjammer] at L'Garde | ||
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Revision as of 11:37, 11 February 2016
NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist awarded a contract to L'Garde to demonstrate flight of a solar sail for use in science and operational (e.g. space weather, environmental monitoring, communications) missions. Sunjammer was cancelled in 2014.
