A new nanomaterial for lightsails (IMAGE)

Brown University

A new nanomaterial for lightsails

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A process for designing ultra-thin membranes with billions of nanoscale holes may one day help small spacecraft reach the stars.

 

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Norte lab, TU Delft and Bessa lab, Brown University

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