NASA Sails NanoSail-D into History
Filed in archive Tech News Around The World by Chris Matier on July 25, 2008

Solar sails
are the type of craft we have seen in movies such as Star Wars. You know, Count Dooku's ship as he sneaks away. Ships like Dooku's and NASA's NanoSail-D are able to harness photons from the sun like wind and effectively sail through the universe. It is NASA's hope that this sail technology can be used to travel very long distances though our solar system.This is all very cool. The sail, which is described by NASA as looking "like Saran Wrap with a metalized surface but is stronger and suited for the space environment," is deployed through a complex system involving all sorts of rocket science (literally).
The launch is set to go on July 29 via a Falcon 1 rocket. With any luck, we will be ushering a whole new era of science
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