Solar Power…From Space?
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ScienceDaily.com has a great article on some work being done by the Finnish Meteorological Institute on solar-wind sails, which could be used to power spacecraft in the near future.
From the article...
The electric solar wind sail developed by Dr. Pekka Janhunen might revolutionise travelling in space. The electric sail uses the solar wind as its thrust source and therefore needs no fuel or propellant. The solar wind is a continuous plasma stream emanating from the Sun. Changes in the properties of the solar wind cause auroral brightening and magnetic storms, among other things.
The main parts of the device are long metallic ...
