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Nature 452, 696-697 (10 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/452696a; Published online 9 April 2008
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BOOK REVIEWED-Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel
by Giovanni Vulpetti, Les Johnson and & Gregory L. Matloff
Springer: 2008. 250 pp. £16.50
Conceptually simple and romantic, solar sailing is an enchanting technological solution for space exploration. When a large reflective sail is unfurled in space, photons of sunlight collide with the sail fabric, imparting pressure and causing the sail to move.
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