NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment


	NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment

tabsey

6-30-2008 7:40 AM

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red, sails, in, the, sun

tabsey says:

There go the science fiction topics.

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                    do you feel? Heat, of course. But there's pressure as well 
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                    of an ounce. But out in space, even a pressure as small as 
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                    words were spoken not by a NASA scientist but by a fictional 
                    character – John Merton – in Arthur C. Clarke's short story 
                    <EM>The Wind from the Sun</EM>. If all goes well, Merton's 
                    prophetic words are about to become fact.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/26jun_nanosaild.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.nasa.gov/img/FA602802-D4F4-41DA-8CA3-B04DD4B9E4EC" alt="see caption" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/26jun_nanosaild.htm"><P class="detailImageDesc"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><STRONG>Right:</STRONG> 
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