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World's largest solar sail to launch in 2014

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The Sunjammer project, slated to launch in 2014, will demonstrate "propellantless propulsion" offered by solar sails.The largest solar sail ever constructed is headed for the launch pad in 2014 on a mission to demonstrate the value of "propellantless propulsion"— the act of using photons from the sun to push a craft through space.


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