http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=229166&page=1
Lightweight Sail Could Become Fastest Mode of Space Flight
old, but neat idea. cheers to them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3999293.stm
"The world's first spacecraft to use a solar sail for propulsion is set to be launched from a submerged Russian submarine on 1 March next year."
That's fucking crazy. I love it.
> "This whole venture is audacious and risky," said Bruce Murray, co-founder of The Planetary Society with astronomer Carl Sagan and space scientist Louis Friedman.