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Who invented the solar sail?
The concept of a solar sail was proposed by physicist Johannes Kepler in 1610. However, the first successful demonstration of a solar sail in space was the IKAROS project by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in 2010.
What can you do if there is no wind?
Install solar panels instead.Lower the sail and get out the oars.
It is possible to make 'solar sail' with regular aluminium foil?
Of course not.
Can you capture solar winds in something?
Yes. Any suitably large object can be used as a solar sail, so that the charged particles push the sail away from the sun, just as a ship moves in winds on Earth.
In a solar sail What is the shape of a measuring tape spools out to support the thin sails?
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How do solar sails tack Is it like tacking in sailboats?
Yes, just as wind on Earth transfers its momentum to the sail, pushing the boat foward, solar wind, which are very fast moving charged particles, transfer their momentum to a shuttle's sail.
Where is IKAROS going?
Now that the solar sail is open and working the spacecraft appears to be heading for Mars
Alternative to space travel besides engines?
Solar Sail... maybe... we're still working on that one.
What is the name of the piece of canvas fixed to make a ship or boat move?
sail
What can you sail on?
There are sail planes, sail boats, sail cars, and with a spaceship you could sail to the stars.
What word rhyme with stale not a piece of canvas fixed to make a ship or a boat?
sail
How do you make sentences by using the word sail?
Sail me that Frisbee, would you? Do you sail? You sail!
