Yes Winglee has been granted a paltry 500-thou for his experiments. Kudos to
Scott Zubrin, aerospace engineer, and Mars fanatic, who I feel, came up with
the concept of the Mag Sail-in order to stop intersteller spacecraft (90% the
speed of Light) without using precious fuel to slow down half the way. This,
in order to prevent slamming into the local Star, or crunching a planet, or
zooming right on thru-without even a hello to the locals. Mag sails are
dandy to tool around a solar system (theoretically!) bring joy and fun to
everyone.
In a message dated 10/6/2000 2:15:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jdavis@socketscience.com writes:
<< Extropes,
Check out
Hitching a Ride on a
Magnetic Bubble
Scientists from the University of Washington and
NASA are experimenting with miniature
magnetospheres as an innovative form of space
transportation.
at
http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast04oct_1.htm
Best, Jeff Davis
"Everything's hard till you know how to do it."
Ray Charles
>>
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