Solar Sails

Giovanni Vulpetti, Gregory L. Matloff, Johnson, Les

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2014

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The reality of sunlight-based sailing in space began in May 2010, and solar sail technology and science have continued to evolve rapidly through new space missions. It also discusses various sail systems that may use either sunlight or solar wind, and the design, fabrication and steering challenges associated with solar sails.

ISBN-13
9781493909407
ISBN-10
1493909401
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year
2014
Publication date
2014-11-05
Pages
277
Dimensions
240x170x12
Weight
478