Friday, May 8, 2015

solar-powered spacecraft by Carl Sagan is getting its first test flight

The legendary astronomer Carl Sagan once imagined a solar sail spacecraft that uses radiation from sunlight to push through the solar system like a ship is based on the wind. Decades later, the project is about to become a reality. The Planetary Society (which was co-founded by Sagan) is planned for the first test flight ...

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