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*[http://www.robertforward.com/Fast_Forward_Fifty_Years.htm Fast Forward Fifty Years] - his autobiography | *[http://www.robertforward.com/Fast_Forward_Fifty_Years.htm Fast Forward Fifty Years] - his autobiography | ||
*[http://archives.uah.edu/forward/forward.html Robert L. Forward Collection] at the [http://library.uah.edu/ University of Alabama Huntsville Library] | *[http://archives.uah.edu/forward/forward.html Robert L. Forward Collection] at the [http://library.uah.edu/ University of Alabama Huntsville Library] | ||
| + | ** [http://lib.uah.edu/pdf/forward.pdf Guide to the Collection of Robert L. Forward] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:49, 30 June 2009
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 passed away on September 21st, 2002.
- Web page: http://www.robertforward.com/
- Robert L. Forward Obituary
- Books: Rocheworld, Martian Rainbow, Timemaster, and others
- Fast Forward Fifty Years - his autobiography
- Robert L. Forward Collection at the University of Alabama Huntsville Library
