Data clippers set sail to enhance future planetary missions

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:07 in Astronomy & Space

A new golden age of sailing may be about to begin - in space. Future missions to explore the outer planets could employ fleets of 'data-clippers', manoeuvrable spacecraft equipped with solar sails, to ship vast quantities of scientific data to back Earth.

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