The Flight of the Solar Sail

N3wsByt3 writes "After months of uncertainty, the final verdict has fallen: The Planetary Society has reveiled that it will launch its Cosmos 1 on June 21. Cosmos 1 will be the first non-governmental spaceship that makes use of solar sails as main propulsion mechanism - it is pushed along by light particles from the Sun, instead of bringing its fuel along for the ride - which makes this a unique experiment in more then one way." This was supposed to have happened already, so here's hoping things get off the ground this time.

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spelling police!

[Anonymous Coward]

more THAN one way

Enya

[Anonymous Coward]

http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/o/orin oco_flow.txt

"ORINOCO FLOW (SAIL AWAY)
Enya

Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow,
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore,
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.

From Bissau to Palau - in the shade of Avalon,
From Fiji to Tiree and the Isles of Ebony,
From Peru to Cebu hear the power of Babylon,
From Bali to Cali - far beneath the Coral Sea.

From the North to the South, Ebudae into Khartoum,
From the deep sea of Clouds to the island of the moon,
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never been,
Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen.

We can sail, we can sail...
We can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel,
We can sigh, say goodbye Ross and his dependencies
We can sail, we can sail..."

Re:Enya

[October_30th]

Grandpa: I realized that the reason you won't kill me is because you don't understand how I feel, Billy. But now I found a way to show you what it feels like to be a grandpa.
Stan: Hey, what are you doing?!?

Grandpa loads a cassette into a tape player.

Kyle: What are they doing in there?
Cartman: I don't know.
Grandpa: Now, you're about to see what it's like to be as old as me. Are you ready Billy?
Stan: Uh, I guess.

Grandpa starts the tape, it is a really distorted sounding version of Enya's 'Orinoco Flow(Sail Away)'

Stan: Ok, you, you can let me out now.
Grandpa: Not just yet.
Stan: Let me out grandpa!
Stan: I can't take it anymore, this music is terrible, it's, it's cheesy, but lame and eerily soothing at the same time.
Grandpa: That's it, now you know what it feels like to be grandpa.

Stan falls out of the room, looking very haggard.

Stan: Eh, grandpa, I had no idea how bad it was for you. Now I understand.