Friday, July 30, 2010

News: Japan's Revolutionary Solar Sail

DailyTech has an article mentioning: "... not case-sensitive) Please enter the characters in the image below. IKAROS is currently happily accelerating through space via its solar sail, an incredible success for Japan's space program.   (Source: JAXA) IKAROS shows steady acceleration (red ticks) after deployment of the sail. ..."

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