IKAROS successfully stretches wings, prepares for solar spaceflight

[Sneha Chowdary]

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Though it may look like a collection of tinfoil and string, the photo above depicts what may be the first solar sail to actually propel a spacecraft. Japan's IKAROS  (Interplanetary Kite-Craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun) just unfurled the 7.5 micron (.0003-inch) thick polyimide membrane 7.4 million kilometers from Earth this week, and expect its embedded thin-film solar panels to propel the craft past Venus and towards the dark side of the sun. Because wax and feathers only get you so far.

[Sneha Chowdary]

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[bongule]

mukka artham kaledu sitti...[img]http://s5.tinypic.com/1zzgs3b_th.jpg[/img] konchem artham ayyela cheppachu kadha

[Sneha Chowdary]

[quote author=bongule link=topic=74306.msg786463#msg786463 date=1276461889]
mukka artham kaledu sitti...[img]http://s5.tinypic.com/1zzgs3b_th.jpg[/img] konchem artham ayyela cheppachu kadha
[/quote]Space shuttle or vehicle ni solar energy power to fly ayyela chustunnaru....antey..
its already there but this is for efficiency.... dance1w

[fun13]

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