Re: ISAS Solar Sail

From: Rick Jones (foo_at_bar.baz.invalid.retro.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

To: sci-space-tech@moderators.isc.org
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:22:45 GMT

http://news.google.com/ and a search for "isas solar sail" can be your
friend :)

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&ie=ascii&q=isas+solar+sail&btnG=Search+News

That pointed to five articles, (when I did the search) one of which
was:

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040809/full/040809-5.html

which suggests the sails re-entered the atmosphere and burned-up shortly
after they were deployed.

rick jones 

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