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Re: World's fastest sail-powered vehicle
From: Tony S
Date: 2000 May 16, 00:50 EDT
From: Tony S
Date: 2000 May 16, 00:50 EDT
Lu- It is a little too soon for plans to "firmed up". We'll not see it but I suspect that such sail power will be needed to reach 'outer limits'. It has happened before, eh? Tony Lu Abel wrote: > > It's a bit off the topic of navigation, but I suspect most of us are also > blow-boaters. > > If you're interested in learning about a 58 mile per SECOND sail-powered > craft, see > http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/NEWSROOM/news/releases/2000/00-150.html > > Unfortunately, there's no info about whether their plans include tacking > back home :-)
