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NASA Hardware Hacking Space Build

Solar Pressure May Help Kepler Return To Planet-Hunting Duties 46

Zothecula writes "Last August, it looked as if NASA's Kepler space telescope was as good as scrap due to the failure of its attitude control system. Now the space agency proposes what it calls the K2 mission concept, which may fix the problem by using the Sun to regain attitude control and allow Kepler to resume its search for extrasolar planets."
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Solar Pressure May Help Kepler Return To Planet-Hunting Duties

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  • Re:Light Sail (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 02, 2013 @03:27PM (#45576927)

    Solar wind isn't what solar sails use, despite the name. A solar sail works by photon pressure, and the Sun is pretty stable when it comes to that.

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