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What Will Solar Sail-Powered Spaceships Tell Us About Space?

The world's first solar-sail-powered spacecraft, Cosmos 1, met its demise in 2005 when it fell into the ocean before ever reaching orbit. But dreams of solar sails propelling spaceships haven't died, and Carl Sagan's Planetary ...READ»

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How to Build Your Own Spaceship

When Piers Bizony was 10, his father asked him to keep a scrapbook of space travel. Four decades later, the science writer, still hooked, created this DIY manual for rocket jockeys. Though the book's structure is a weak conceit, it ...READ»

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