Courtesy BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition Sun, 05/03/2009 - 9:28am. Satellites and spent rocket stages could soon deploy"sails"to guide them back to Earth to help clear the sky of space junk. Print-friendly·Original post...
Extending asailon an old spacecraft would increase drag and pull it into the Earth\'s atmosphere to burn up. Major European space firm EADS Astrium says the scheme has great potential.“It is an interesting solution, especially for the...
We did get the secondsailof the season in today. Light winds were forecast from 10 to 2 so we left the slip with the Drifter hanked onto the fore stay, hoping to get a littlesailingin even if we couldn\'t get very far....
I\'m always excited about trying new things, and I love the water, so it\'s frankly amazing I\'ve managed to reach my current age without learning tosail. It\'s been on my\'must do\'list for quite some time....
In front of an estimated 2000 people on the Montlake Cut, the UW crew opened the boating season with a bang Saturday, sweeping all nine races in which they competed, securing the Windermere Cup for both the men and women.