NASA’s carbon fiber boom structure could harness larger solar sails | Aviation Week Network
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Garrett Reim 01 octobre 2024
Counterintuitively, solar sails might be best suited for transporting spacecraft to the Sun.
Credit: NASA
Sailing through the known universe on beams of light is about as romantic as the space industry gets. But while the fanciful dream of harnessing the Sun’s photons with solar sails has existed for over 100 years, the concept has been limited mostly to science fiction by the level of engineering…
Garrett Reim
Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.
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