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Lightsail space tech gets tailwind from Caltech breakthroughThe idea of a lightsail comes from the fact that radiation pressure represents a mechanical pressure acting on a surface due ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN8d
Lightsail propulsion could enable interstellar travel at speeds never before imaginedScientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar ...
The ultimate goal of the lightsail project is to drive a freely accelerating lightsail that is 10 square meters in area and 100 nm or less in thickness. In this first experimental step, the Caltech ...
A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.
AZoOptics on MSN5d
New Platform for Lightsail Membrane CharacterizationCaltech researchers develop a platform to characterize ultrathin membranes for lightsails, advancing the quest for ...
Their findings were published in Nature Photonics. The ultimate goal of the lightsail project is to drive a freely accelerating lightsail that is 10 square meters in area and 100 nm or less in ...
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