A New Kind of Solar Sail

[Candleicious Ghost]

Yup.. I would suggest opening a solar panel thread to discuss the technologies there and same with the solar challenge and cars might be easier to reply to said topics as well, SO GET TO IT MINIONS! and leave this thread sailing its own way!

Oki doki

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Do you have High Hopes?

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Once.

 

[XCV330]

Do you have High Hopes?

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I wish we’d gotten to see the Randolph’s improvised sail. Would have been one of the first ones on screen, not counting Tron.

 

[publiusr]

More on sails:

Solar sails edge closer to reality, but interstellar travel is another story

From planetary rovers and asteroid sample return missions to the recent Artemis II flight above the far side of the moon, we are seemingly good at doing space. But our achievements still do not match many of our space dreams, science fiction or otherwise.

phys.org

In the meantime…there is coffee in that….fuel?

Wet coffee grounds turned into high-grade solid fuel in just 90 seconds

A research team at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) has developed a technology that converts wet spent coffee grounds directly into high-quality biochar in just 90 seconds, with no drying or oil removal required. The breakthrough offers a fast, energy-efficient...

techxplore.com

Decaf only gets Janeway suborbital…