PHYSICS OF SOLAR SAILS
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      Bibliography 
  • Coulter, Dauna. “A Brief History of Solar Sails.” Edited by Tony Phillips, NASA, NASA, 13 July 2008, science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/31jul_solarsails.
  • Craig Freudenrich, Ph.D. "How Solar Sail Technology Works" 6 April 2001.
  • HowStuffWorks.com. <https://science.howstuffworks.com/solarsail.htm> 17 April 2019
  • Deziel, Chris. "The Famous Physicist Who Discovered Photons." Sciencing, https://sciencing.com/famous-physicist-discovered-photons-16203.html. 25 April 2017.
  • Esa. “Solar Sails.” European Space Agency, www.esa.int/Education/Solar_sails/(print).
  • Hollerman, William Andrew. “THE PHYSICS OF SOLAR SAILS.” The Physics of Solar Sails, 2002, ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030093608.pdf.
  • “Home.” The Planetary Society Blog, www.planetary.org/.
  • Howell, Elizabeth. “Ikaros: First Successful Solar Sail.” Space.com, Space Created with Sketch. Space, 8 May 2014, www.space.com/25800-ikaros-solar-sail.html.
  • Johnson, Les, et al. “NanoSail-D: A Solar Sail Demonstration Mission.” Acta Astronautica, vol. 68, no. 5-6, 2011, pp. 571–575., doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.02.008.
  • Kevin Bonsor "How Solar Sails Work" 12 October 2000.
  • HowStuffWorks.com. <https://science.howstuffworks.com/solar-sail.htm> 17 April 2019
  • Lewis, Danny. “How a Russian Space Mirror Briefly Lit Up the Night.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 21 Jan. 2016, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-russian-space-mirror-briefly-lit-night-180957894/.
  • OpenStax. “Physics.” Lumen, courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/29-4-photon-momentum/.​
         Picture Sources
  • ​Space background: https://spacenews.com/analysts-space-weapons-proliferating-there-is-more-congestion-and-competition/
  • The sun: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/617284/NASA-footage-Sun-exploding-US-warn-solar-flare-worldwide-meltdown
  • Solar sail 1: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/solarsail/index.html
  • Zenamya 2: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-russian-space-mirror-briefly-lit-night-180957894/
  • Ikaros: https://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/ikaros-gets-first-burst-of-solar-propulsion-wants-more/
  • Quantum mechanics: https://www.edx.org/es/course/applications-of-quantum-mechanics
  • Momentum of a photon: https://slideplayer.com/slide/235761/
  • Momentum billards: https://sites.google.com/site/billiardballsandphysics/the-collision
  • LightSail2: https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/11/lightsail-2-morse-code/
  • LightSail2 housing: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20171020-ls2-closeout.html
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