there are so many reasons to get excited about this. chief among mine : the private industry funding. theres no need to bore anyone with details as to why NASA is pretty useless (hinderence?) to man's coming conquest of the stars. Of course, the fact that the whole thing sounds like its right out of a Fritz Lieber novel is pretty nice too. Using old Russian ICBMs, blasting off from a submarine... you just dont get much cooler than that.
Props to Carl Sagan's widow for putting up some cash for this one.
read article here
and if youve got a little spare time, and want to track the solar sail's progress
Watch cosmos I as it orbits the earth!
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