- Solar Sails
Contains information on solar sails, spacecraft that are pushed through space by sunlight, using very large and lightweight mirrors.
www.solarsails.info
- Voiliers Solaires
Provides information on solar sails and their design and propulsion in six languages.
www.u3p.net
- Cosmos 1 (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Solar_Sails/Cosmos_1
- Interstellar Probe: Exploring the Interstellar Medium and the Boundaries of the Heliosphere
Project of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory which would use a solar sail spacecraft.
interstellar.jpl.nasa.gov
- Breakthrough in Solar Sail Technology
SPACE.com article about the new carbon-fiber material that is causing a revolution in the way scientists are thinking about laser and solar sails.
www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/carbonsail_000302.html
- Setting Sail for the Stars
Science@NASA article about the latest developments in solar sail technology, which could carry a spacecraft beyond the edge of the solar system by 2018.
science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast28jun_1m.htm
- HowStuffWorks: How Solar Sails Work
Looks at how solar sails work, takes an in-depth look at the Cosmos-1 mission, and finds out what solar-sails mean for future space travel.
www.howstuffworks.com/solarsail.htm
- Planetary Society: Solar Sailing
Information about the Planetary Society's Solar Sailing project with spacecraft Cosmos 2. Find new project developments, press, and articles related to space travel.
www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/20080623.html
- Solar Sail Homepage
Provides information on spacecraft that utilize the momentum transfer of solar photons onto large, highly reflecting sails for passive propulsion.
www.kp.dlr.de/SolarSail/Welcome.html
- Solar Blade Solar Sail Project
Information about the spacecraft that utilizes reflected solar pressure as its only means of propulsion and attitude control.
www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/projects/blade/index2.html
- Technology Planning Workshop for Space Technology 9 (ST9)
Exploring topics such as solar sails, system technology for large space telescopes, and aerocapture system technology for planetary missions. Sponsored by NASA's New Millennium Program.
nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/st9/index.html
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