Sailing to Mars (5)

1 Name: Sling!myL1/SLing 2004-11-08 23:33 ID:K7WtxGkw [Del]

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=229166&page=1
Lightweight Sail Could Become Fastest Mode of Space Flight

2 Name: Anonymous 2004-11-09 01:03 ID:PjKvXAaw [Del]

old, but neat idea. cheers to them.

3 Name: Sling!myL1/SLing 2004-11-10 16:13 ID:uunI5MTg [Del]

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."

4 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2004-11-10 20:28 ID:fcSpFwLQ [Del]

That's fucking crazy. I love it.

5 Name: Anonymous 2004-11-11 07:10 ID:YET/vjKg [Del]

>>3

> "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.

lol understatement

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