The ribbon solar sail will be a solar sail design using a thin film strip embedded with diffractive gratings. It is a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) project. This configuration leverages ...

NEWPORT BEACH – Residents who live near the new Civic Center complex say they are concerned about a large, white sail – an architectural feature – which is lit up at night. Jim Warren, a resident of ...

sō’lar sāil, n. - A gossamer material that, when unfurled in the vacuum of space, feels the pressure of sunlight and propelled by said pressure may carry a ship among the stars. Long ago, someone ...