[SpaceProgram] Lagrange Solar Sail Challenge

[Jerry Isdale]

Apparently Arthur C Clarke did a story on Solar Sail racing (Sunjammer, aka The Wind from the Sun, ~1963)
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunjammer

A graphic novel/short of it is at 
   http://240plan.ovh.net/~upngmmxw/imag/bd/bd_a.htm

Jerry Isdale
http://MauiMakers.com
http://www.mauimakers.com/blog/thursday-public-meeting/

On Oct 1, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Matt Johnson wrote:

> 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.
> 
> --
> 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.
>> 
>> Jerry Isdale
>> isdale at gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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