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Article #6757Re: russian solar sail?+
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 23:45
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 23:45
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In article <1993Jan1.181236.1@acad3.alaska.edu> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
>... I have heard of the supposed race to the moon with solar
>sails, to celebrate the 500 anniversary of Columbus, not sure if it
>actually came about..
Actually, it was a race to Mars. It didn't come about; the organizers
flubbed the job of fundraising pretty spectacularly. It's been revived
as a race to the Moon under somewhat different ground rules. Timing
and funding is still rather indefinite, last I heard.
--
"God willing... we shall return." | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
-Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!torn!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: russian solar sail?+ Message-ID: <C093CE.Fxx@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 23:45:49 GMT References: <ida.725390192@atomic> <1993Jan1.181236.1@acad3.alaska.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 12