Forward proposed the system as an "add on" to existing solar sails.

As we saw, each panel of the solar sails is independently controlled.

Your class might find it interesting to explore the idea of a solar sail.

This is the principle behind the solar sail, which uses light radiation pressure to move through space.

A critical technology for the mission is a large 1 g/m solar sail.

That close to the sun, solar sails work efficiently, you see.

She might have spied it, too, as a star that moved among stars, by the solar sail.

Nevertheless, the benefits from using a solar sail would be enormous.

LightSail-1's goal is to test if solar sails are a viable form of space transport.

Except once you get beyond a certain size, solar sails are all different.