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Japanese Deploy Solar Sail

Posted by timothy on from the ix-as-an-archipeligo dept.

Chuck1318 writes "The Japanese ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) announced the launch and deployment of the first ever large-scale solar sail. In the news release they state "Because it carries no fuel and keeps accelerating over almost unlimited distances, it is the only technology now in existence that can one day take us to the stars.""

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  1. Can you power it with farts? by Wisgary · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'd like a fart sail that would be nice.