[SpaceProgram] Lagrange Solar Sail Challenge

[Lee von Kraus]

How about making and demonstrating a miniature microgravity 'generator' to
allow DIY testing of things in microgravity on earth. It would be pretty
easy and cheap and would open space research to the masses by allowing
short duration generation of microgravity conditions. It could be a
weather-balloon-dropped capsule or something with cameras build into the
inside to allow observation of whatever short duration experiment one is
interested in. This is a relatively quick and easy project that would help
attract attention and funding, while also facilitating hackerspaces in
doing their own future experiments.



On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Jerry Isdale <jerry at mauimakers.com> wrote:

> 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
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> 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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