News: Solar sail

New Scientist Space has an article mentioning: "... Solar-sail spacecraft use lightweight, highly reflective sails to fly without engines or fuel – photons from the Sun push on the sails, providing gentle but steady propulsion. ..."

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News: Planetary Radio The Solar Sail and a Russian Space Update from

The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... space exploration Planetary Society SETI SETI@home Carl Sagan Bruce Murray Louis Friedman Red Rover Goes to Mars Extrasolar Planets Planetrek Cosmos 1 Solar Sail NEOs ..."

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News: Conspiracy to kill electric cars

Daily Telegraph has an article mentioning: "... Built by America's General Motors, Sunraycer averaged a speed of 67km/h as it won the inaugural Darwin to Adelaide World Solar Challenge race by more than two days. ..."

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News: Harnessing hydrogen

Columbia Missourian has an article mentioning: "... The Mizzou Hydrogen Car Team — which until this school year developed MU's solar car, Suntiger VI — has been working on a street-legal hydrogen car. ..."

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News: Sun-powered boat attempts Atlantic crossing

Xinhua has an article mentioning: "... was christened with spring water in Basel, Switzerland on Monday and the first solar-powered boat is taking a farewell tour of European ports before departing from Spain in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean. ..."

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News: Axing of open speed limits won't affect solar car comp, organisers

ABC Regional Online has an article mentioning: "... Axing of open speed limits won't affect solar car comp, organisers say. ..."

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News: UMR solar racers on board for planned 2008 race

News-Leader.com has an article mentioning: "... Representatives from the University of Missouri-Rolla Solar Car Team say they will participate in a North American solar car race in the summer of 2008. ..."

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News: Solar car

Gauntlet has an article mentioning: "... The U of C Solar Car Team placed 13th out of 18 teams in the 2005 North American Solar Challenge, which raced from Texas to Calgary, and won first in their class at the 2006 Panasonic World Solar Challenge in Australia. ..."

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News: $50,000 Grant Helps Power-up University of Calgary's Solar Car

NETCOMPOSITES has an article mentioning: "... Alberta Environment is helping students with a $50,000 grant for the University of Calgary's solar car project, to allow students to put innovative technology, including composites, to practical use. ..."

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News: Bertrand Piccard's Solar-Powered Flight Around the World

Popular Mechanics has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered aircraft have flown before. ..."

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News: solar powered vehicles

David Darling has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered automobiles use solar-produced electricity to power their electric motors. ..."

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News: Jump start for solar? Car race shows potential

MSNBC has an article mentioning: "... The university teams were competing in the North American Solar Challenge for a trophy and the bragging rights to having won the world's longest solar car race. ..."

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News: Nuna 3's Aramid Solar Car Wins World Challenge

Net Composites has an article mentioning: "... Delft University of Technology students scored a convincing victory in the World Solar Challenge for the third time in a row using a solar car constructed with aramid. ..."

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News: Solar cars begin Outback challenge

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... Sydney - Twenty-two bug-shaped solar cars, designed and built by corporations and universities from around the world, set out across the vast, inhospitable Australian Outback on Sunday in the eighth World Solar Challenge. ..."

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News: Solar Plane Ready for Global Mission

CRIENGLISH has an article mentioning: "... European adventurers who made the first non-stop round-the-world flight by balloon said a visionary project to make a long-range solar-powered plane that can fly by night had cleared a big hurdle. ..."

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News: University students power solar car to charge field of renewable energy research

The Minnesota Daily has an article mentioning: "... Students in the University's Solar Vehicle Project put in more than 43,000 hours of work to build Borealis III and were rewarded last month when their solar-powered car took second place out of 27 teams in the North American Solar Challenge. ..."

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News: Alcoa sub contributes to solar car production

Pittsburgh Business Times has an article mentioning: "... The Alcoa (NYSE:AA) unit is contributing more than 130 kinds of fasteners for Michigan's solar car, called "Momentum," which will compete in the 2005 North American Solar Challenge, a 2,500-mile race from Austin, Texas, to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ..."

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News: Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Solar Cars!

PhysOrg has an article mentioning: "... High school students from across the country and Mexico are on a 1,600-mile race in hand-built, solar-powered cars. ..."

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News: ISU team preparing solar car for big race

Radio Iowa has an article mentioning: "... Iowa State University's solar car team is making some final adjustments before heading to Texas at the end of this week for a big cross-country race. ..."

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News: Safety at issue in solar-car crash

The Globe and Mail has an article mentioning: "... Ontario Provincial Police are examining an experimental solar car that a 21-year-old University of Toronto student was driving on a provincial highway when he was killed. ..."

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