[ExI] japanese solar sail

[spike]

Cool!  Japan is launching an experimental solar sail aboard an H-2A:
 
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/17/japan-ikaros-solar-sail/?test=late
stnews
 
"A new Japanese weather probe and daring solar sail concept are scheduled to
blast off together Monday evening for a six-month journey to study Venus..."
 
Jeez this sure took long enough.  We solar sail fans have been waiting a
looooong time for someone to do this, the first really new space concept
since the 1960s.  Check its progress here:
 
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/japan-venus-probe-solar-sail-sfn-100511
.html
 
spike
 
 
 
 
 
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