Solar sails with ridges that diffract light can move in any direction, not just directly away from the sun – and NASA has awarded $2 million to the team developing them
Funding of $2 million has gone to researchers developing a new type of solar sail as part of NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, which backs projects that have the potential to transform future missions.work by reflecting sunlight – each photon, or particle of light, that bounces off the thin, shiny material imparts a small amount of momentum to the craft.
The researchers plan to test various materials for how well they work in the sail and in space, while also developing trajectories and instruments for the solar mission. If all goes well, at the end of the two-year NIAC award the team will be ready to send a fleet of iridescent spacecraft around the sun.Follow in the footsteps Kepler, Brahe and Renaissance astronomy:
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