News: Engineers prove space pioneer's 25-year-old theory

Chem.Info has an article mentioning: "... could be pushed above -- or below -- the usual geostationary ring around the Earth, which follows the line of the equator, by using a large solar sail propelled by the pressure of sunlight. However, critics later claimed that such 'displaced orbits' were impossible due to the unusual dynamics of the ..."

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