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Solar Sail Will Work, says Planetary Society

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-and-forth dept.

degauss writes "In response to Cornell Physicist Thomas Gold's paper declaring the theroy behind solar sails flawed (previously mentioned in this Slashdot article), Louis Freedman, executive director of the Planetary Society (the organization behind the COSMOS project), has written a brief rebuttal to the claims in Dr. Gold's paper regarding the feasibility of solar sails for use as a method of transportation in space. He does not go in to detail with equations and such, but does give an overview of the reasons he believes Gold's hypothesis is incorrect."

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  1. Developing... by MickLinux · · Score: 0, Troll
    This actually seems to be an active article. By simply searching Google News, I get:

    James Gold, Older brother of Thomas, says "Will not!"
    Secretary of Planetary Society claims "Liar, Liar, pants on fire"
    Louis Freedman picks nose while he thinks, says wife
    FLASH! LOUIS FREEDMAN PICKS NOSE!
    The Case of Exploding Journalists [Dave Barry]
    I Do not! claims Louis Freedman on Letterman show"

    I'll update this list when I see more information. This looks really interesting -- it's hitting all the major media!.

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  2. In other news... by FrostedWheat · · Score: 0, Troll

    "This ship is unsinkable", says designer of the Titanic.