SETI bioastro: The Cosmos 1 Solar Sail mission set for launch on March 1, 2005

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 11:24:08 PST

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    Yesterday, on what would have been Carl Sagan's 70th birthday, they started the countdown
    for the launch date of the Cosmos 1 solar sail mission. You can read about this in the next
    two items:

    http://www.planetary.org/news/2004/ss_launch_set_1109.html>

    * Planetary Society's Cosmos 1 Solar Sail Ready for Flight

    http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/cosmos-1_update_041109.html>

    A clicking countdown clock has started, leading to a liftoff of the orbital mission of Cosmos 1 -- billed as the world's first solar sail spacecraft.

    For some background on the mission from 2003:

    http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10214315&BRD=1395&PAG=461&dept_id=216620&rfi=6>

    Larry

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