Solar sail supporters eye another project

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Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the subtle pressure of sunlight.

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Just gotta get that sail high enough to hit the solar wind jet stream...

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