Solar Sails: Technology And Demonstration Status
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Johnson, Les
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center)
Young, Roy (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center) Barnes, Nathan (L'Garde, Inc.) Friedman, Louis (Executive Director Emeritus, The Planetary Society) Lappas, Vaios (Space Vehicle Control, University of Surrey) McInnes, Colin (Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory/Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Strathclyde) |
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