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Crowdfunded spacecraft LightSail 2 prepares to go sailing on sunlight

Crowdfunded spacecraft LightSail 2 prepares to go sailing on sunlight

FromTechCrunch Industry News


Crowdfunded spacecraft LightSail 2 prepares to go sailing on sunlight

FromTechCrunch Industry News

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Jun 24, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Among the many spacecraft and satellites ascending to space on Monday’s Falcon Heavy launch, the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 may be the most interesting. If all goes well, a week from launch it will be moving through space — slowly, but surely — on nothing more than the force exerted on it by sunlight.
Released:
Jun 24, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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