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([http://www.mecheng.strath.ac.uk/staffmember.asp?name=McInnes,C Colin R. McInnes])
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====[http://www.davidbrin.com/ David Brin]====
 
====[http://www.davidbrin.com/ David Brin]====
 
* [[Books#Project: Solar Sail]]
 
* [[Books#Project: Solar Sail]]
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====Arthur C. Clarke====
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*[[Books#Project: Solar Sail]]
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====[[Ben|Benjamin L. Diedrich]]====
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====[http://www.interworldtransport.com/ Alfred W. Differ]====
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====[http://e-drexler.com/p/idx04/00/0404drexlerBioCV.html K. Eric Drexler]====
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Eric Drexler invented the high performance solar sail for his MS thesis at the MIT department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His current field of research is in nanotechnology, as chairman of the Foresight Institute and author of Engines of Creation.
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====[http://www.robertforward.com/ Robert L. Forward]====
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Robert Forward wrote numerous papers on space travel, including many novel solar sail designs and applications.
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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.
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Robert Forward was most recently a partner and chief scientist of Tethers Unlimited.
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He died on September 21st, 2002.
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*[[Robert L. Forward Obituary]]
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*[[Books#Rocheworld]], Martian Rainbow, Timemaster, and others
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====Louis Friedman====
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Louis Friedman is the executive director of The Planetary Society.
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*[[Books#Starsailing: Solar Sails and Interstellar Travel]]
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====[http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/ Geoffrey A. Landis]====
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* [http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/papers.html Papers on the web]
  
 
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====Patricia Mulligan====
 
====Patricia Mulligan====
 
mailto:Patricia.Mulligan@noaa.gov
 
mailto:Patricia.Mulligan@noaa.gov
 
 
* [[Books#Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane and Inflatable Structures Technology for Space Applications]]
 
* [[Books#Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane and Inflatable Structures Technology for Space Applications]]
  

Revision as of 12:36, 22 April 2006

Contents

A

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews and Robert Zubrin have done considerable study on magnetic sails, which use a magnetic field to deflect charged particles for propulsion.

B

Pierre Boulle

David Brin

C

Arthur C. Clarke

D

Benjamin L. Diedrich

Alfred W. Differ

K. Eric Drexler

Eric Drexler invented the high performance solar sail for his MS thesis at the MIT department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His current field of research is in nanotechnology, as chairman of the Foresight Institute and author of Engines of Creation.

F

Robert L. Forward

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 died on September 21st, 2002.

Louis Friedman

Louis Friedman is the executive director of The Planetary Society.

Geoffrey A. Landis

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Colin R. McInnes

mailto:colin.mcinnes@strath.ac.uk

Patricia Mulligan

mailto:Patricia.Mulligan@noaa.gov

Z

Robert Zubrin

mailto:rzubrin@marssociety.org

Robert Zubrin and Dana Andrews have done considerable study on magnetic sails, which use a magnetic field to deflect charged particles for propulsion. Robert Zubrin is a founder of the Mars Society, president of Pioneer Astronautics, and is on the executive commitee of the National Space Society.