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====Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System====
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==Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System==
* http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_090519_Space-Engines
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[http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_090519_Space-Engines ESA video on advanced propulsion:] "Electric ion engines; plasma drives, slingshot-style gravitational-assist maneuvers; ultra-light super-strong solar sails and other innovations are driving exploration forward beyond reliance on chemical rockets."
[http://www.esa.int/ ESA] video on advanced propulsion: "Electric ion engines; plasma drives, slingshot-style gravitational-assist maneuvers; ultra-light super-strong solar sails and other innovations are driving exploration forward beyond reliance on chemical rockets."
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--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
  
====The Atlantic: Across the Universe====
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==The Atlantic: Across the Universe==
* http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/solar-sailing
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[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/solar-sailing An article about http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society's efforts to fly another solar sail demonstration mission - Cosmos 2.] Their previous attempt, Cosmos 1, suffered a launch vehicle failure.
An article about [http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society's] efforts to fly another solar sail demonstration mission - Cosmos 2. Their previous attempt, Cosmos 1, suffered a launch vehicle failure.
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--[[User:Ben]] 12:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 
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====[http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Solar_Sail_Update_New_Opportunities_999.html Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities]====
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==Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities==
From [http://www.space-travel.com Space Travel]. Update on [http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society's] solar sail activities.
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[http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Solar_Sail_Update_New_Opportunities_999.html Update on http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society's solar sail activities.]
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From [http://www.space-travel.com Space Travel].
 
--[[User:Ben]] 12:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 
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====[http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1223/1 Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel]====
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==Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel==
Also see:
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[http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1223/1 Review of the book posted on The Space Review.]
* [[Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel]]
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SolarSailWiki article: [[Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel]]
* [http://www.thespacereview.com/ The Space Review]
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--[[User:Ben]] 12:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 
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====[http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/telecon5.html MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th]====
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==MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th==
[[MESSENGER]] used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant. The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/multi05.html multimedia page] shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size.
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[http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/telecon5.html MESSENGER Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab page.]
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[[MESSENGER]] used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant.  
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The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/multi05.html multimedia page] shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size.
 
--[[User:Ben]] 12:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 
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Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System

ESA video on advanced propulsion: "Electric ion engines; plasma drives, slingshot-style gravitational-assist maneuvers; ultra-light super-strong solar sails and other innovations are driving exploration forward beyond reliance on chemical rockets." --Ben 12:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

The Atlantic: Across the Universe

An article about http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society's efforts to fly another solar sail demonstration mission - Cosmos 2. Their previous attempt, Cosmos 1, suffered a launch vehicle failure. --User:Ben 12:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities

Update on http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society's solar sail activities. From Space Travel. --User:Ben 12:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel

Review of the book posted on The Space Review. SolarSailWiki article: Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel --User:Ben 12:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th

MESSENGER Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab page. MESSENGER used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant. The multimedia page shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size. --User:Ben 12:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

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