Solar Sails

Typical Solar Sail Configurations

News and Additions

Updated February 16, 1998

Introductions to solar sailing

Solar Sailing 101, by Benjamin Diedrich.
The Physics of Solar Sailing, written and contributed by Christopher Neufeld.
Solar and Laser Driven Lightsails, written by Alasdair Allan.
Basic Solar Sail Mechanics, written by Benjamin Diedrich.
Solar Sailing, by Eric Drexler.

Resources

Please send comments, questions, or contributions to Benjamin Diedrich -- diedrich@ugcs.caltech.edu
Back to Benjamin Diedrich's home page -- http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~diedrich/
Last modified: Tue Feb 16 01:26:10 PST 1999