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Date: Apr 23 16:05 2008

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The electric solar wind sail was invented a couple of years ago by the Finnish Meteorological Institute and could soon be used on a test mission Read more The electric solar wind sail developed by Dr. Pekka Janhunen at the Finnish Meteorological Institute might revolutionise travelling in deep space. The electric sail is a Finnish invention which uses the solar wind as its thrust source and therefore needs no fuel or propellant. The solar wind is a continuous plasma stream emanating from the Sun. Changes in the properties of the solar wind cause auroral brightening and magnetic storms, among other things. Read more __________________

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