re solar sail data ajjb adam bnsc rl ac uk andrew broderick writes in article apr news duc auburn edu snydefj eng auburn edu writes i am looking for any information concerning projects involving solar sails i was at an interesting seminar at work uk s r a l space science dept on this subject specifically on a small scale solar sail proposed as a student space project the guy giving the talk was keen to generate interest in the project i ll typein the handout he gave out at the meeting here goes stuff deleted however it is more difficult to design a practical solar sail than most people realize the pressure of sunlight is only about one kilogram per square kilometer i m glad to see that someone is working on this however it would be nice if he got his units right josh hopkins jbh uxa cso uiuc edu find a way or make one attributed to hannibal
