Spaceflight Mechanics: The Cornell Space Technology Podcast
Spaceflight Mechanics is hosted by Professor Mason Peck & Professor Elaine Petro at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. This podcast features conversations with leaders in space technology about where we are now and where we are going.
Spaceflight Mechanics: The Cornell Space Technology Podcast
The Wind from the Sun
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Mason Peck and Elaine Petro
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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It's not wind, but photons that blow solar-sail spacecraft across vast distances. Mason and Elaine talk with Ryan Caverly, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, about his ideas regarding solar sails, tensegrity, and attitude control.