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A solar sail backed by NASA might take science to new worlds.

May 26, 2022January 11, 2023 ColonelFrog solar sail 5 min read

Sailing to the Stars As NASA continues to push the frontiers of exploration, a new solar sail idea chosen for

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Are fast radio bursts being used to propel solar sail starships? (science video).

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 ColonelFrog fast radio bursts, light sail, solar sail 0 min read

The most furious of astronauts, the Angry Astronaut, tucks into the subject of the FRB sources that can’t be traced

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Oumuamua: Avi Loeb says it may have been an alien solar-sail visitor (audio).

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 ColonelFrog Avi Loeb, Oumuamua, solar sail 0 min read

In this hour-long audio interview with the Planetary Society, Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at

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Tacking to the worlds: inside the story of the solar sail (science article).

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 ColonelFrog solar sail 0 min read

Right now, there’s a solar sail the size of a boxing ring orbiting the Earth, put there by the Planetary

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LightSail 2 goes a-solar-sailing (space news).
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LightSail 2 goes a-solar-sailing (space news).

July 24, 2019 ColonelFrog LightSail, solar sail 0 min read

The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft has now gone solar sailing. After a successful launch on June 25th 2019 from

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