NASA’s New Solar Sail Has Launched and Deployed
NASA’s New Solar Sail Has Launched and Deployed Solar Sails are an enigmatic and majestic way to travel across the gulf of space. Drawing an analogy to the sail ships of the past, they are one of the most efficient ways of propelling craft in space. On Tuesday a RocketLab Electron rocket launched NASA’s new Advanced Composite Solar Sail System. It aims to test the deployment of large solar sails in low-earth orbit and on Wednesday, NASA confirmed they had successfully deployed a 9 metre sail. In 1886 the motor car was invented. In 1903 humans made their first powered flight. Just 58 years later,Read More →