Friday, March 04, 2016
Photovoltaic solar sails?
https://news.mit.edu/2016/ultrathin-flexible-solar-cells-0226
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uok-uok022616.php
Be the first one on your block to combine these two discoveries into a thin strong lightweight solar sail that could power an ion drive, superconducting ring, or other such propulsion mechanism.
Shining a laser at it might be another way to give it some ooph once it gets too far from the sun.
(had a lot of coffee and not much sleep today.)
https://news.mit.edu/2016/ultrathin-flexible-solar-cells-0226
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uok-uok022616.php
Be the first one on your block to combine these two discoveries into a thin strong lightweight solar sail that could power an ion drive, superconducting ring, or other such propulsion mechanism.
Shining a laser at it might be another way to give it some ooph once it gets too far from the sun.
(had a lot of coffee and not much sleep today.)
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