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08-June-2005, 05:26 PM
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Here's a CNN story about the planetary society's Cosmos 1 solar sail test effort.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/07/s...sion/index.html The story doesn't say much about what the actual test will be, but the test is modest and short term. Later efforts may get minor re-designs based on the results of this test.
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08-June-2005, 05:30 PM
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I think this one is the basic test. Will it deplay, will solar sails gain/lose speed based on their sun orientation, will their system from adjusting that orientation work? They're trying to answer those questions.
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