LightSail, Planetary Society's Solar Sail mission (Redux) |
LightSail, Planetary Society's Solar Sail mission (Redux) |
Nov 9 2009, 09:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
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Nov 11 2009, 01:58 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Nice little article on Reuters....go, TPS, go, LightSail!!!!
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Nov 11 2009, 08:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
There's a longer article in the New York Times, with some nice graphics. There's also an interesting -- but extremely negative -- comment from a reader who says he worked on solar sails at jpl and claims that the experiment won't show anything.
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