Directory of Solar Sails Resources

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Solar sails are made of thin reflective material and use sunlight for photonic propulsion. Although potentially usable for interstellar travel, they are still in testing for terrestrial orbit.

Subcategories

• Cosmos-1
• Znamya

Resources in This Category

• How Solar Sails Work

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/solarsail.htm
  A detailed examination of solar sail technology, with a focus on the Cosmos-1 mission.

• Solar Sails

  http://solarsails.info/
  Solar sails resource site including design information and links, with news and bibliography.

• Wikipedia: Solar Sail

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail
  Encyclopedia article.

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