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, 09:15 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Not necessarily a bad thing. Thoughful technical criticism is valuable regardless of the source, and this is free to boot! Nobody ever sees all aspects of an issue, which is one reason why systems engineering was invented.
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Nov 12 2009, 02:35 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
"humans may soon be solar-sailing".
Who on Earth can create such a stupid misleading comment for an artists impression ? |
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Nov 13 2009, 04:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Re: "humans may soon be solar-sailing"
The illustration is of the very light sail that the Planetary Society hopes to fly by 2011. So, yes, the humans at the Planetary Society will hopefully be solar-sailing soon. Vicariously to be sure. By the way, google the artist, he seems quite accomplished. "LightSail-1 will have four triangular sails, arranged in a diamond shape resembling a giant kite.... We plan to design, develop, build and test the LightSail-1 spacecraft so that it can be ready for launch by the end of 2010." Artists rendition of LightSail-1 by Rick Sternbach. Credit: Planetary Society |
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Nov 13 2009, 09:07 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
By the way, google the artist, he seems quite accomplished. ... and recently posted here on UMSF, by the way... -------------------- |
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