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타이틀	Solar Sail Propulsion: Enabling New Capabilities for Heliophysics
저자	Johnson, L.;; Young, R.;; Alhorn, D.;; Heaton, A.;; Vansant, T.;; Campbell, B.;; Pappa, R.;; Keats, W.;; Liewer, P. C.;; Alexander, D.;; Wawrzyniak, G.;; Ayon, J.;; Burton, R.;; Carroll, D.;; Matloff, G.;; Kezerashvili, R. Ya.
Keyword	PANELS;; PAYLOADS;; SAMPLING;; SOLAR SAILS;; SPACE MISSIONS;; SURVEYS
URL	http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110007225
보고서번호	M11-0117
발행년도	2010
출처	NTRS (NASA Technical Report Server)
ABSTRACT	Solar sails can play a critical role in enabling solar and heliophysics missions. Solar sail technology within NASA is currently at 80% of TRL-6, suitable for an in-flight technology demonstration. It is conceivable that an initial demonstration could carry scientific payloads that, depending on the type of mission, are commensurate with the goals of the three study panels of the 2010 Heliophysics Survey. Follow-on solar sail missions, leveraging advances in solar sail technology to support Heliophysics Survey goals, would then be feasible. This white paper reports on a sampling of missions enabled by solar sails, the current state of the technology, and what funding is required to advance the current state of technology such that solar sails can enable these missions.