Japan unfurls solar sail in space

[iGav]

Very cool... we seem to be witnessing a revival in interest in all things spacey, the next decade looks like it's going to be very exciting, I just hope that NASA keep the world informed with the dev of the Shuttle replacement!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3555048.stm

 

[KingSleaze]

Not very useful altitudes for solar sails, but for deployments, impressive indeed.

 

[michaelrjohnson]

Very impressive technology, let's hope it pans out to be as beneficial as it's predicted to be. Way to go, Japan!

 

[stevehaslip]

very cool, think of the possibilities! (dreams of flying around in space like in the jetsons!)

 

[wdlove]

This is awesome news, good for Japan. The design is really neat. Will look forward to real life uses of this technology.

 

[BrianKonarsMac]

ya but we have a useless missile defense system...that doesn't work, and we were the first and only to deploy. man the u.s. is ******.

 

[Elan0204]

Cool. I'm glad to see at least one country is looking to further space exploration. I feel like there is very little interest today in furthering our study of space.