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NASA Tests New Spaceship ‘Engine’ Using Solar Wind Power

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

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NASA is moving to wind power -- solar wind, that is -- to propel vehicles through space. The system uses sunlight to propel vehicles through space. Engineers have successfully deployed a 20-meter solar sail system that uses an inflatable boom deployment design. L'Garde, Inc. of Tustin, Calif., deployed the system at the Space Power Facility - described as the world's largest space environment simulation chamber -- at Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. The company is a…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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