A Tethered Miniature Lightsail (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

A Tethered Miniature Lightsail

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A microscope image of the Caltech team's "miniature trampoline," a tiny lightsail tethered at the corners for direct radiation pressure measurement.

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Caltech

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