We had a lecture on this. Here are a few notes I took: -Proposed by Tsiolkovskii & Tsander in 1924 -Lightweight sail made of Mylar - a 4sq km sail could pull a 20 tonne load -Acceleration initially 1mm/sec, after 11 days the craft would be moving at 1km/sec -Tacking employed to move inwards against solar wind. Sail could be laser powered to reach stars
Many solar sail designs use three axis stabilization, because the structure supports the sail in all three dimensions The three dimensions come from the two dimensions that lie within the surface of the sail, and the third dimension that is perpendicular to the sail. This design was suggested for a Moon Race in 1992 to celebrate Columbus 500th anniversary
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Date: 2003-04-08 03:17 pm (UTC)-Proposed by Tsiolkovskii & Tsander in 1924
-Lightweight sail made of Mylar - a 4sq km sail could pull a 20 tonne load
-Acceleration initially 1mm/sec, after 11 days the craft would be moving at 1km/sec
-Tacking employed to move inwards against solar wind. Sail could be laser powered to reach stars
Many solar sail designs use three axis stabilization, because the structure supports the sail in all three dimensions
The three dimensions come from the two dimensions that lie within the surface of the sail, and the third dimension that is perpendicular to the sail.
This design was suggested for a Moon Race in 1992 to celebrate Columbus 500th anniversary
Not much but hope it's a start :-)