Comments on: Japan's "Solar Yacht" Is Ready to Ride Sunbeams Through Space http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/29/japans-solar-yacht-is-ready-to-ride-sunbeams-through-space/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Matt T http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/29/japans-solar-yacht-is-ready-to-ride-sunbeams-through-space/#comment-18540 Matt T Mon, 03 May 2010 17:45:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14231#comment-18540 That's exactly what I was thinking, m. I suspect their ONLY course of action is to steer it clear of areas of any kind of particle density. Doesn't look like you could feasibly put a shield in front of this thing. Ikarus may not crash into the sea, but it's going to be shot at like a mallard on Duck Hunt. That’s exactly what I was thinking, m. I suspect their ONLY course of action is to steer it clear of areas of any kind of particle density. Doesn’t look like you could feasibly put a shield in front of this thing.

Ikarus may not crash into the sea, but it’s going to be shot at like a mallard on Duck Hunt.

]]> By: m http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/29/japans-solar-yacht-is-ready-to-ride-sunbeams-through-space/#comment-18539 m Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:12:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14231#comment-18539 how do they plan to keep the sail intact as it passes through solar dust at such high speeds? how do they plan to keep the sail intact as it passes through solar dust at such high speeds?

]]> By: Garrett http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/29/japans-solar-yacht-is-ready-to-ride-sunbeams-through-space/#comment-18538 Garrett Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:23:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=14231#comment-18538 <i>“Unlike the mythical Icarus, this Ikaros will not crash,” Yuichi Tsuda, an assistant professor at JAXA, said today.</i> Jeez don't jinx it man. “Unlike the mythical Icarus, this Ikaros will not crash,” Yuichi Tsuda, an assistant professor at JAXA, said today.

Jeez don’t jinx it man.

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