[SpaceProgram] Lagrange Solar Sail Challenge

Matt Johnson railmeat at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 02:51:31 CEST 2012


I think that is an outstanding idea. It is rather ambitious, has
anyone even been able to steer a solar sail yet?

I agree with Alex a spacers cup might attract some real money.

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Matt Johnson



On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Jerry Isdale <isdale at gmail.com> wrote:
> What do you think of a challenge to sail a solar sail around 3 earth
> Lagrange points?
> Would it be possible to control a sail to navigate around three such points?
> Maybe have a Spacers Cup, akin to America's Cup sail race.
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> Jerry Isdale
> isdale at gmail.com
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