Solar Sail News and Upcoming JPL Missions 118
abkaiser writes "I had the opportunity to interview a supervisor at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The JPL is putting together several missions utilizing solar sail technology. The interview and article detail where NASA and the JPL are in using solar sails for applications and research.You can read the article or skip ahead to the cool pictures of prototype and proposed solar sails. The article addresses NASA's JPL solar sail missions, but not other commercial or private projects like Cosmos 1."
Who drew that pic? (Score:5, Funny)
Look closely and you'll see a well drawn Astronaut!
I wonder if his kid took part in writing this article?
JET Propulsion Laboratory (Score:1, Funny)
Why is the JPL working with solar sails? Aren't they the Jet Propulsion Laboratory? Isn't this a bit out of their department?
Re:I remember this idea from years ago (Score:1, Funny)
Bajorans? (Score:1, Funny)
Did anyone else see that episode of Deep Space Nine when they used a solar sail space ship? Obviously NASA did.
Re:I remember this idea from years ago (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Solar sails myth (Score:3, Funny)