
Solar sail development has surely been a frustrating thing for Sandy Montgomery, who knows that what stands in the way of pushing this technology into space isn't the need for scientific breakthroughs but adequate funding. Montgomery's team at Marshall Space Flight Center has been examining the potential of solar sails for a long time, and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "NanoSail-D: Solar Sail Deployment Planned", url: "http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1952" });
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