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RIT Thesis Defense Examines Diffractive Solar Sail Radiation Pressure
Original: Imaging Science Thesis Defense: Radiation Pressure on a Hybrid Diffractive Solar Sail | Events | RIT
A doctoral candidate at the Rochester Institute of Technology is defending a thesis on radiation pressure acting on a hybrid diffractive solar sail. Diffractive sails are a proposed advance on reflective solar sails, using diffraction to steer a spacecraft without propellant. The defense, listed among RIT's public events, covers how such a sail responds to sunlight and what that means for future solar-sail missions.
Why now: Academic events on advanced propulsion topics draw attention from the space and research community interested in next-generation solar sails.
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