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Solar Sail News and Upcoming JPL Missions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stiff-breeze-of-progress dept.

abkaiser writes "I had the opportunity to interview a supervisor at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The JPL is putting together several missions utilizing solar sail technology. The interview and article detail where NASA and the JPL are in using solar sails for applications and research.You can read the article or skip ahead to the cool pictures of prototype and proposed solar sails. The article addresses NASA's JPL solar sail missions, but not other commercial or private projects like Cosmos 1."

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  1. Who drew that pic? by neonprimetime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you see the pic in that article?
    Look closely and you'll see a well drawn Astronaut!
    I wonder if his kid took part in writing this article? :-P

  2. JET Propulsion Laboratory by dolphinling · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why is the JPL working with solar sails? Aren't they the Jet Propulsion Laboratory? Isn't this a bit out of their department?

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  3. Re:I remember this idea from years ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They even used your drawing for the article!

  4. Bajorans? by reachums · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did anyone else see that episode of Deep Space Nine when they used a solar sail space ship? Obviously NASA did.

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  5. Re:I remember this idea from years ago by QuantumG · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shut your hole, ya God damn Microsoft spy.

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  6. Re:Solar sails myth by AoT · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nah, it ain't the gravity. Pluto's just lazy.

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