Solar space sails are real, and Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson are stoked

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By Suzanne JacobsMay 20, 2015, 7:37 pm197 pts
Solar sailing sounds cool. Solar sailing in space sounds like the kind of crazy sci-fi fantasy that would have Bill Nye busting out of his bow tie. But it’s real! In fact, one of the first U.S. solar sails launched on NASA’s Atlas V shuttle just this morning (Japan also launched one a few years ago),…

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