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Solar Sail to sink NASA?; Will the $30 m spent on new system flop
Topic Started: May 5 2005, 12:48 PM (438 Views)
Admiralbill_gomec
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Dwayne
May 9 2005, 07:41 AM
somerled
May 9 2005, 12:43 AM
blah blah blah

Dwayne, please don't quote someone as saying something they actually didn't say. It may be just a shortcut, but I had to go back and look to find that he didn't say this.

Thanks.

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digifan2004
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Okay. Let's bring this thread back on course, shall we?


A few days ago I saw a report on this solar sail project on Daily Planet on Discovery Channel. The experiment is scheduled for a test flight within two to three years. At the moment NASA scientists and technicians are testing and configuring the main sails that are, when extended to full length, is the size of a ten stories building. The experts believe this huge surface area is critical in generating the amount of power needed to push an object to another world and back.

In conclusion I don't believe, and still don't, that this idea will sink NASA. In fact it will encourage international cooperation that will bring exploration of space one step closer to reality.

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