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NASA looks to solar sails as a way to power future missions
A NASA-funded project is developing new technologies that would allow a spacecraft to fly through the cosmos propelled entirely with solar sails that “bend” light. The agency announced Tuesday that it will provide $2 million over two years to the Diffractive Solar Sailing project, which is investigating ways to use energy from the sun to …
Dutch Cargo Ship Sails with New Wind-Assisted Technology
Rending of what the technology would look like when installed (Boomsma Shipping) By The Maritime Executive 01-26-2021 08:01:21 Wind assisted propulsion is continuing forward as one of the technologies being explored to improve operating efficiency and the environmental performance of the shipping industry. In …
What’s the Best Way to Sail From World to World? Electric Sails or Solar Sails?
In the past decade, thousands of planets have been discovered beyond our Solar System. This has had the effect of renewing interest in space exploration, which includes the possibility of sending spacecraft to explore exoplanets. Given the challenges involved, a number of advanced concepts are currently being explored, like the time-honored concept of a light …
Greta Thunberg: Climate change activist sails into New York City
Image copyright AFP Image caption Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York after two weeks of sailing across the Atlantic Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg has landed in New York after a 15-day journey across the Atlantic by boat. She will be participating in UN climate summits in New York City and Chile. The 16-year-old …
