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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: russian solar sail?+
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:35:56 GMT
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- I'd just like to mention than the Russian "solar sail" is not
- a solar sail in the sense that people are discussing here. Its
- purpose is not propulsion. Rather, it is what Karft Ehricke
- called a "lunetta" -- an artificial moon or reflector designed
- to light up a spot on the surface of the Earth.
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