Folks, The first privately funded space mission is going to launch in a matter of months. The Cosmos I Solar Sail Project will launch a spacecraft that will unfold a large sail and travel on the solar wind out into the solar system. Here's an update from the Planetary Society.
--Emil --- SOLAR SAIL UPDATE by Louis Friedman, Project Director Flight components have all been delivered and thoroughly tested, and a full mission sequence has been simulated with the on-board computer. Our announced launch period of 1 March to 5 April 2005 has slipped a bit. We do not rule out other small slips if we take a few extra days here or there in flight preparations, testing or last-minute checks. Unlike launch windows for planetary missions, ours is not fixed by celestial mechanics, so we have much more leeway in setting a date. Read the entire February 9 update at: http://planetary.org/solarsail/latest_update.html Stay tuned for more updates to come at: http://planetary.org/solarsail -- Emil Volcheck [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://acm.org/~volcheck _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info