Here Is What We've Learned About Light Sails For Space Travel

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new ideas when it comes to building solar sails for #interstellar travel
Links:
https://www.planetary.org/sci-tech/lightsail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04188
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03272
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03273
https://science.nasa.gov/technology/technology-highlights/solar-sail-propulsion-enabling-new-destinations-for-science-missions

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