Received a package from The Planetary Society today via DHL. It contained a Light Sail mission patch for contribution in funding for the mission. I am very enthusiastic about Light Sail as I think that it will be a revolutionary way to propel small satellites and probes using photons from our Sun. They have done a successful test launch last year and will be conducting an official launch this year. If successful, the Light Sail would orbit Earth. It can be seen on Earth at night if it passes by our location. Its brightness rivals that of the ISS during flybys.
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| The Light Sail mission patch. |
