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Light foil generates lift
AndyG
post Dec 10 2010, 03:58 PM
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An interesting article that may have ramifications for future solar sail technologies:

http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/vaop...n.2010.266.html

And a free, pre-digested article on the same via the BBC news website.

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