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Solar Sail to be Launched This Year

Posted by timothy on from the not-to-the-moon-alice dept.

mad_goldfish writes: "Spaceflight Now is reporting that the Russians are preparing a Solar Sail for launch sometime after September aboard a Cosmos 1 rocket. Apparently most of the components have now been tested and they are getting ready to integrate all the flight components. Just the camera, S-band radio and main computer are yet to be completed."

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  1. cool by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 3, Funny

    so can we sail from here to Cardasia using one of those Sails? I mean the Bejorins did it.

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  2. Wont work by qurk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Talk about Crazy Eddie.

  3. Will the madness never end. by EReidJ · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oh great, just what I needed, the sereneness of outer space being polluted by tourists with Solar Sailboats.

    You know it's just the first step, next there'll be...

    Solar Surfboards ("Dude, killer photon streams today!")..,

    Solar Beach Parties ("Hey, wicked tan in only 2 seconds!")...

    and of course, the ultimate insult, Solar Jet Skis (but at least you can't hear the noise from the engine).

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