A simplified picture of the electric sail. An actual system would have 50 to 100 or more 20 kilometer wires. 100 kg spaceships could be accelerated to final speeds of 40-100 km/second. The electric ...
Oceanwide Expeditions which specializes in Arctic and Antarctic cruises will construct two 146-passenger eco-sail expedition vessels, constructed with a hybrid sail propulsion system, reducing fuel ...
Modern sails on large ships are becoming increasingly common to save fuel—and also the climate. Now a research team is ...
While it is starting to look like some clever wind/power sail technologies are starting to appear, too often I have looked at the cargo cranes of geared bulkers and wondered if it makes sense to rig ...
A paper analyses the potential of the electric solar wind sail for solar system space missions. Applications studied include fly-by missions to terrestrial planets (Venus, Mars and Phobos, Mercury) ...
Opterus’ lightweight structural system will deploy and shape the largest solar sail ever flown, converting three SBIR phases into a mission-critical flight system. LOVELAND, Colo., April 15, ...
A cubesat-scale solar sail propulsion system is being developed at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to provide propulsion for a 6U interplanetary cubesat to be used for the Near Earth Asteroid ...
Inaugurated on 12 February in Lanester (Brittany), France, the SolidSail Mast Factory (SMAF) aims to take the manufacture of XXL composite masts from the artisanal stage to industrialisation.
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The Neoliner Origin — the world’s largest cargo ship to use wind as its primary propulsion — just launched in Turkey, built to cross oceans on sails alone
How the ship actually works A Guardian journalist who sailed aboard the Neoliner Origin during its inaugural crossing ...
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