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Scientific American has an article mentioning: "... exert a force on the sail surface, gently accelerating the spacecraft to potentially great speed over time. The Planetary Society estimates that a solar sail could speed a spacecraft to more than 200,000 kilometers per hour in three years' time ..."
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Christian Science Monitor has an article mentioning: "... An artists rendering of a solar sail is shown in this undated publicity image from The Planetary Society released to Reuters. Backers of a failed mission to launch the ..."
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New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... to demonstrate the viability of solar sail propulsion, which has ..."
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Renewable Energy Focus has an article mentioning: "... Solar Team Twente will use advanced composite materials from TenCate for its solar powered car, which will participate in the 10th World Solar Challenge in Australia on 25-31 October ..."
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Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... Create Your Own Custom Solar Car and Win $1,000 USD from Kia ..."
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Discover Magazine has an article mentioning: "... if all goes well, and will be followed by two others, which may venture farther. Sagan was a founder of the Planetary Society and a big booster of solar sail plans ..."
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Spaceflight Now has an article mentioning: "... Next year promises to be a banner year for solar sailing, with at least two experimental missions due for launch to demonstrate the novel use of light pressure from the sun for propulsion in ..."
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Sail World has an article mentioning: "... http://www.sail-world.com/photos/Alt_Ikaros - solar sail from Japan.jpg ..."
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Daily Contributor has an article mentioning: "... Switzerland bids to be the first to produce a solar powered airplane that can travel around the world. Solar Impulse unveiled the prototype in an airbase hangar near Zurich ..."
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Inhabitat (blog) has an article mentioning: "... into space that will be propelled by solar sails. The mylar-winged vessel will carry not a drop of fuel (making it much lighter than contemporary space craft) and will be the first in a ..."
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Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... The first Solar Sail spacecraft met an untimely end, crashing into the ocean instead of making it into orbit. But now, in 2010, a new, improved version of that ..."
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Space.com has an article mentioning: "... An artist's concept of a sailing ship and a solar sail. Credit: NASA ..."
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Cooler Planet has an article mentioning: "... LightSail-1 is not the first Planetary Society solar sail project. In 2005, the group launched a prototype attached to a Russian rocket - but the rocket failed and crashed into the Barents Sea ..."
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Sky News Australia has an article mentioning: "... Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit the Planetary Society has announced that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft ..."
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RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... The first time the society attempted to launch a solar sail five years ago, it fell short of its orbital target and landed in the ocean ..."
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Gizmag has an article mentioning: "... Japan's Tokai Challenger solar vehicle has taken victory in the Global Green Challenge ..."
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Winston-Salem Journal has an article mentioning: "... Group will try again to send a solar sail into space ..."
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USA Today has an article mentioning: "... Setting sail for space, a 'solar sail' project announced Monday aims to observe storms on the sun ..."
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The Associated Press has an article mentioning: "... LOS ANGELES — Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a ..."
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Examiner.com has an article mentioning: "... make a logical addition. A solar sail is exactly what it sounds like: a sheet of material propelled through interplanetary space by the solar wind in much the same way ships ..."
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Houston Chronicle has an article mentioning: "... The solar sail receives its driving force from the simple fact that light carries not just energy but also momentum. The force on a solar sail is gentle ..."
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phillyBurbs.com has an article mentioning: "... Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a ..."
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TG Daily has an article mentioning: "... An anonymous donor has donated a million dollars to the Planetary Society to help get a solar sail up and running ..."
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The Taiwan Economic News has an article mentioning: "... experience in solar-powered products, the company is well-known for turning out a variety of solar-powered ventilators, including remote array solar car vents, solar car battery rechargers, solar fridge fans, solar flashlights and warning lights, solar auto air coolers, solar-powered ..."
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FOXNews has an article mentioning: "... Some technologies, still in the concept stage, are even more mind-blowing, including spacecraft powered by "solar sails ..."
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The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... New Project Will Launch Three Separate Solar Sails Over Next Several Years ..."
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Wired.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered plane gears up for round-the-world flight ..."
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Michigan Times has an article mentioning: "... The Infinium is the University of Michigan solar team's newest solar powered car. The car competed against dozens of other solar powered cars in Australia's World Solar Challenge, a 1,800 mile race, in which it ..."
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Expatica Switzerland has an article mentioning: "... Solar Impulse, the first company to attempt a solar-powered flight around the world, introduced its prototype on Friday and started the engines at an airbase near Zurich ..."
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AsiaOne has an article mentioning: "... Nanyang Technological University's Nanyang Venture II has emerged 12th in the just concluded World Solar Challenge in Australia. In all, 31 solar cars from around the world competed in the 3,000km race from Darwin to Adelaide ..."
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The Ann Arbor Chronicle has an article mentioning: "... The New York Times gives an update on the World Solar Challenge, a race of solar-powered vehicles through 1,880 miles of Australia’s outback. The column quotes Steven Durbin, a senior in aerospace engineering and the ..."
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AFP has an article mentioning: "... GENEVA — Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich and powered up the engines ..."
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Wired News has an article mentioning: "... to Piccard, pilot fatigue limitations will break the trip up into several three- to four-day, round-the-clock stages. Batteries will power the solar-powered aircraft at night ..."
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india-server.com has an article mentioning: "... The first solar-powered plane prototype was rolled out here in Zurich airbase in Switzerland ..."
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Waterloo Record has an article mentioning: "... At some point in their progress, though, the WCI students began to pose the question: Why is it a group of high school kids can make a solar car in their spare time, but the world's big auto companies can't ..."
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Government Technology has an article mentioning: "... Japanese University Wins Solar Car Race Across Australia ..."
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Bundaberg NewsMail has an article mentioning: "... THABEBAN State School students float on a wave of success after taking out the top four positions in the solar boat racing at Maryborough Technology Challenge ..."
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University of Central Florida has an article mentioning: "... UCF is sponsoring an online contest to name its colorful solar vehicle with rooftop solar panels. Submit the best name ..."
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Reuters has an article mentioning: "... Southland High Schools Participating"; var RTR_ArticleBlurb = "http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20091105006365/en Students Build, Race Solar-Powered Boats in Seven-Month Program Highlighting Natural and Renewable Resources LOS ANGELES ..."
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Washington Post has an article mentioning: "... The SolarShop Kelly solar car from Australia starts the World Solar Challenge on Oct. 25. There are 32 purely solar-powered cars from 17 countries participating in a race ..."
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Environmental Transport Association has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered car travels 3,000km on less power than a kettle ..."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article mentioning: "... encodeURIComponent('Principia\'s solar car finishes 7th in race'), 'digg')); return false ..."
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Daily Northwestern has an article mentioning: "... That's because Dziedzic is the captain of NU's Solar Car Team. When he drives the vehicle – which runs off of electricity generated by solar cells – in cross-country races ..."
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Tech-On English has an article mentioning: "... Tokai University announced that it became the overall champion in the solar car category of the 'Global Green Challenge,' one of the world's largest green car races, which took place from Oct 25, 2009, in ..."
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University of Central Florida has an article mentioning: "... http://news.ucf.edu/resources/sites/UCF/content/live/NEWS/1000/NE1943/en_US/solar car profile FULL 345x226.jpg ..."
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Metromode Media has an article mentioning: "... bunch of University of Michigan kids just traveled 1,880 miles through Australia. Not backpacking, however, but powering a solar powered car in an international race. And, as if that wasn't enough, the UM team came up third ..."
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