RIT receives NASA funding to develop new diffractive solar sail concepts

RIT receives NASA funding to develop new diffractive solar sail concepts

Space Daily

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Rochester NY (SPX) Jul 07, 2022

NASA announced new funding for a project led by Rochester Institute of Technology alumni, faculty, and students that could power spacecraft to orbit the sun's poles for the first time. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program will provide Phase III funding to the Diffractive Solar Sailing project led by Amber Dubill '20 (mechanical engineering), '20 MS (mechanical engineering) of the

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