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The Solar Sail: Bringing Sailing Back

The Solar Sail: Bringing Sailing Back: http://bit.ly/1UIImfC

Explorers long ago used the wind in the sails of their ships to travel the seas. Now we've moved into exploring space, and the next advance in space travel is a sail. The sail for a spacecraft, however, is not powered by the wind. Instead, it is powered by the light of the sun.http://bit.ly/1UIImfC

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