NASA's Next-Generation Solar Sail Mission
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System seeks to advance future space travel and expand our understanding of our Sun and solar system.
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I only wish if NASA had the budget of the U.S military.
So you want your taxes to double? The IRS would love to congratulate you on that brilliant idea
@@ReiseLukashe meant to give the us military buget to nasa and the nasa budget to the us military
@@ReiseLukas yeah if its for nasa
@@idkpenguin1046 such a wonderful idea, can't wait to get invaded by russia and china
Unless there's oil on Mars...
Thank you for thinking in solar sailing again! Its weird this amazing propulsion method and we haven't yet mastered it, but its great that you guys are working on this, good luck!
Solar sails are an incredibly niche technology with little practical use case.
The further you get from a star the less efficient they become and the slower they move.
Biggest issue is solar sails are stupid fragile. A smaller sized sail for actual use would be 100m x 100m and the metallic coated Mylar sheet would be a few microns in thickness. This basically means any matter that touches the sail will tear it. Just the act of leaving the heliosphere would destroy a solar sail since the change in pressure is great enough.
@known3617 we have an keyboard expert on our hands
@@Whoareyoucalling away from the sun you can use laser pulses sent from the moon (assuming a moonbase) to propel such a solar sail spacecraft. Fragility of the sails is the biggest obstacle in reaching another star. I think we need to invent a new material. Or apply an aerogel coating on it so it can trap debris.
@@Whoareyoucallingeh since this is pretty much only going to be used to take pictures of proxima Centauri it will be in interstellar space which means as long as we can get it out there and moving quickly there won’t be any further problems
@@Whoareyoucallingthey have specific use cases, and don’t always work, but they still have the potential to be useful for certain things. Constant steady acceleration can shorten transfer times, and it can also probably be used for very small course corrections.
Amazing. Good to see that NASA is utilizing the natural "environment" to help move spacecraft. Let's have more of this! Thank you.
Been using gravity assists for a long time
@@Astra2 gravity assist was great, but this one is revolutionaries, using solar power to generate thrust instead of rocket propulsion
@@imamfauzi1101 Gravity assists were and are revolutionary. Using gravity instead of rocket fuel. But I get what you mean, solar sails have the potential to accelerate crafts' to a fraction the speed of light, which is absolutely mind-boggling and could one day allow for interstellar missions.
@@Astra2 Yeah that's what I mean, gravity assist really depends on how much gravity that some stellar body has, hence it's called gravity assist, and it's not really increase the speed so much higher, especially a significant fraction of the speed of light, solar sail just need a solar power from nearby star
@@imamfauzi1101 Well speed is relative. The Parker solar probe is travelling at 692,000 km/h. Still much slower than the speed of light.
A literal _bright idea._
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Noice.
This is coolest stuff I have heard of in years. Spaceships with sails, this is pretty much stimpunk
You wanted to say cyberpunk. Steampunk was at the industrial revolution.
yall, can i borrow your computer mine suck and i wanna experiment something in minecraft
I hope you are joking
Please stop asking stupid questions.
@@SmartAfrican_ 🤓
Yea for "science" purposes
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I've always loved the look of these, image that flying from system to system
I don’t think these sails are designed to do inter stellar travel. They’re best if confined to one solar system
wouldnt work for interstellar journeys
@@huwale couldn't it pull the sail in between systems and open it again once it once it reaches the next? A probe or satellite, not people
@@randomdaveUK the further away from a star, the less power it has. once its far enough away from the sun it'll be basically unpowered and will take thousands of years to reach the next system.
@@huwale that's not true, there's no resistance in space, it won't slow down. Anytime it's stuck by photons it's speed gradually increases.
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_Earth-Minbari War,_ here we come...😉
WE WERE BORN TO INHERIT THE STARS
Too bad we are busy killing each other…
So cool to see another bit of science fiction become reality. When I was a kid we had not even landed on the moon yet, but I would read about star faring ships using ion drives, solar sails and the like. These things seemed like pure fantasy that might never be seen in my lifetime. Now, ion drives are in regular use. Solar sails are being deployed in space for field testing and further development. Artificial intelligence is becoming reality. It is a wondrous thing to see happening.
Trek tec becoming real every day. So cool
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Só consegui lembrar da série: For All Mankind
@NASAAmes and WHERE is the link to the site for tracking the position of the Sail in the sky, and its route???
Thank you for moving humanity forward
literally
I wonder if you could use spin instead of those booms to keep it stretched out.
When do you plan to launch it? I wish you success
I really wanted to watch the launch of NASA's next generation solar sail, but I was very disappointed to hear that it was launched at 4.23 6:33p.m. I'll definitely see you next time.
Hello NASA I have found signs of abnormality due to anxiety. It was found that Manud had symptoms of fatigue (a cause related to camouflage).
I heard about this and it's research which dates quite a while back. Great to see the continous development.
What are the power consumption requirements for such spacecraft? I'm sure we can already sustain it on the energy captured from a cosmic void.
These will achieve great goals and a great achievement for you. 👏
Good question! ACS3’s cruising power is in the 10-12 watt range at any given time.
@@NASAAmes can laser beams from LEO/moon be used to propel the sail when it gets too far away from the sun? How fragile are the sails? Could they be coated in a thin layer of aerogel to protect them from fast moving debris?
Bro, instead of sea of thieves, it's gonna be a constilation of corsairs
Seems DOA, further you get from a star the less effective these become and quite dramatically. Also if a solar sail was to leave the heliosphere it be torn to shreds.
It has applications close to the sun still
Started exploring the seas with sails, only to go to it for space. It's really cool.
Like in an old science fiction book about a solar sail race to the moon and back. Cool.
You are NASA... let a scientist or intern speak with a normal voice and not someone who would speak for Apple's next phone... make it more likeable... If I wasn't such a fan I would dislike this video
NASA really don’t help their image problem. This is what happens when nerds hire cheese, when it would be better to just let the nerds talk. Always get real people.
@@tubecated_development yes! :D
What’s crazy is with a 1km/1km laser array on earth or moon you could power a very small solar sale probe close to the speed of light with photonic propulsion
Radiation pressure in the Work ..... I would suggest to make a 100% reflecting material to get the most out of the force due to change in momentum
Such fun looking work
Ek idea hai kyu na nasa ek launch pad space station pe bana le wahan se launch karenge toh thrust kam lagega aur gravity ki wajah se earth se. Itna fuel bekar hota hai space main to halka sa bhi dhakka de to vo chalta hi rahega agar space se launch kare to adhik doori tak ja sakte hain
if the idea already works like we used everyday, it will works in innovative way
We have officially reached level 1 of space exploration 🎉🎉🎉
I calculated that if we wanted to go to Mars, it would take it 55 days for the solar sail to accelerate at a speed of 185, 145m/s.
It has been predicted to take 26 days to get to mars what were ur calculations
just imagine , we will be able to reach exoplanetary system i.e proxima centauri within 20 yrs with this solar sail . hope this tech gets 100% success
So I stead of trying miniaturize the sail, consider the heavy lift vehicles and build what is needed to survive the mission.
Large rockets are available.
Probably best to have a hybrid of all solutions, more tools in the tool box
Any spacecraft would “travel indefinitely” - unless crashes to another body. Remaining controllable indefinitely is a whole different thing - and useful.
Well yes, but staying in an orbit is basically the same as staying still in space, so “travel” means changing trajectory.
We're leaving the solar system with this one!!!
How do they stop rocks smashing through it?
It’s fantastic we are exploring these new technologies, but how durable is a solar sail? It looks like even small particles of rock would rip right through it, especially if it gets to the intended speeds.
ACS3’s attitude control system can counteract imbalances due to relatively large holes (centimeters across) even at the most outboard edges of the sails.
Wonderful 😮
Yes! We can finally find a way to send probes to interstellar destinations!
Oh good. Something to look forward to in 25 years
What about asteroid impact on those sail which will be torn before they reach the end of solar system.
Bro asteroids will not hit the sail. They are too far apart and very avoidable.
@@xd0895he's talking about the small ones
@@SpottinPlanesForLife yeah those ones too
With a sail that thin and the speeds associated with space, a micrometeorite will probably just leave a micrometeorite shaped hole without tearing the sail in the process, which means the sail itself would be able to take quite a few impacts before performance is severely impacted.
May I know how fast would these things go?
Around 10% the speed of light
really fast like going to mars in just 24 days
Very low acceleration, about 0.00001 N/m^2, if I use F = 2PA/c, which would assume the sail is facing the sun directly and has perfect reflectivity.
(I may be wrong about the formula btw)
@@Random_Human731 Outside of science fiction books, not in a million years.
@@asparagusstaging430it does go that fast
I wonder about the outcome of space sailing technology. Have you been successful in this regard?
What's the solution for micrometeoroids hitting the sails? I'm sure you all have some clever polymer or something you interweave into them to make them more rigid and stable, but damage might still happen.
I'm theory 10% of speed of light could be achieved, get to Mars in 4 hours. I believe they'll create multiple space stations/ docking stations throughout the distance between earth and Mars, and this will also help signals, imagine your at Mars and your able to connect to sky sports with only a few seconds lag
Doesn't the particles in Interstellar medium provide drag to the sailboat ?
There are pretty much almost 0 particles there drag is non existanf
It's good for probes. We should develop mini nuclear technology and let that be a dull propellant for a long period of time for a probe to cover distances at incredible speeds. If we can shoot one out there using the very soft solar and shift to a mini nuclear propellent system, we'll be surveying space neighborhoods immediately. In a few decades we will know what is happening to a greater extent.
The mini nuclear propellant should get the probe to 800,000 mph and we can cover a light year in 7,000 years. With probes all the way out there in every direction, we will have a lot of information pertinent to the earth and what man is capable of over the next 2,000 years.
They will do great things with this surveying equipment all over the universe in 20,000 years. They can accomplish this by getting a solid launch pad from the Moon and Mars. Send countless space probes with great surveying equipment on board in every direction. Launched at different speeds depending on the mission, but some should reach top speeds to really see what is out there. I think in my lifetime, they will know much about the universe. I am very tuned into science and engineering. In 100,000 years man can become something very extraordinary. Terraforming the earth to sustain 60 billion humans efficiently. Certainly we'll defend the earth from impacts and create a scientific community who continues to breakthrough the next science to the frontier in every field of engineering and all the health sciences. Humans could be here advancing for 2 billion years.
That surveying equipment will become extremely important for the humans in the future. We should try and set them up with an automatic surveying knowledge base which consistently sends information to several main systems and over 100,000 1 million years, it will become a huge factor. Very exciting stuff.
As if we are sailing in space, my mind is blown
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How do these work ? Last I knew photons don’t have mass, that’s why they can travel at the speed of light. If they don’t have mass, them being reflecting won’t have any net change in momentum because there was none to begin with… right? Someone please explain
photon don't have mass, but they do have momentum, and also solar wind may help pushing as well. correct me if i'm wrong.
This is the new age of sail
Apparently, these spacecraft are really light. You might be able to fit some ion engines on this 😂
Im glad the planetary society's solar sail has spurred nasa to try!
The principles of Gauss’s Law would suggest the propulsive force would decline according to the distance from the sun. Not so good for intergalactic travel.
half to size of a tenis cort tell me how long it acutally is!
R u dumb. He said 33 feet
Never did i think i would reach the point of science fiction now at the pinnacle
If one of the people who see this comment were at the most recent powwow in silicon valley, its me the 10 yr old girl who said i wanted to work for nasa someday and you guys gave me an inventors notebook :) and i took a picture with my mom in the space suit cutout. also i drew in the notebook the whole way back to where i live (2 hrs) :) If you see this comment pls respond :)
Hmmmmmmm, what if you also ad solar panels on some parts and just make those power big flashlights.
I hate how some people are not acknowledging how this is going to be the indefinite future of spaceflight for a while
You actually believe something can be pushed by light? how gullible are you man
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Nasa waale bahot khatarnak hai 😂
Yes... Le Papillon is in near future
How do you bring it back to earth?
While the exact location of reentry will not be known until the deorbit process begins, ACS3 is expected to begin deorbiting roughly 3 months after sail deployment. As a required part of the launch readiness certification, the ACS3 deorbit plan was analyzed to demonstrate and prove that there are no risks posed by the ACS3 deorbit process.
@@NASAAmeswow that's a very genuine and smart response. i'm so brainwashed right now I believed everything you said without a shred of doubt. good luck in your endeavor and I hope you can pollute the minds of the rest of these NPCs before he gets out of prison. Oh and you don't really need complex ideas to brainwash these drones, you can literally say anything and they'll fall for it so you should save your energy
Just like USCSS Covenant from Alien Covenant
NASA: Solar sail is pushed by photons, it can accelerate at great speeds, cool right!
People: Cool, can it pull a spacecraft?
NASA: No it can pull 1 milligram of mass!
Have you thought of exploding nukes to power the sails
Lol I don't think the spacecraft gonna survive that
Considering the size of the the sails the plasma ball produced by the explosion would instantly vaporize the entire sail. And if we assume the sail was indestructible the power would be very brief compared to the (pretty much) infinite power of the sun
We get it, you watched 3 body problem.
You’re going to need something more substantial than a thinner-than-paper mirror to make an Orion drive out of.
If you’re using a photon sail, best to use a laser.
will yall use lasers for additional acceleration
There’s a plan like that to reach Proxima Centauri, although right now we’re just waiting for the technology to catch up so we can make the probes weigh under a few grams.
@@KerbalsandWackMacs graphene? edit also jebs cool, but bob kerman is better
@@electricminecrafter I just looked it up, the project is called Breakthrough Starshot. Also, I think it was Bob who actually walked on the Mun first for me because Jeb was on my space station and I couldn't do orbital rendezvous yet.
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Solar sails are a great idea, but not a new concept
Lol what do you mean:)) Imagine working a few decades on a new project and after finishing it someone says it's not new :)))
Yeah obviously, we’ve conceptualised a whole bunch of potential future propulsion systems already.
Jolly Roger moment
How are you going to deal with space debris smashing into your puny futile sail?
ACS3’s attitude control system can counteract imbalances due to relatively large holes (centimeters across) even at the most outboard edges of the sails.
00:15 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bruh is this treasure planet technology in real life 😂
Depuis le temps qu'on en parle... La propulsion photonique !
We are born to inherit the star
In the middle 70s already introduced.
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What are showing here it existed for 60 years
Treasure planet already did this.
Alien Covenant
They should be using funding for ionization. Instead of this technology
history repeats itself 😂
*Pirates start chanting*
Thats roblox
It's just a kite
one step closer to a dyson swarm
Space pirates!
e = mc2
Light has no mass
No mass = no pushy pushy
calm down
You have the right formula, but light _does have energy_ (since the Earth would be frozen solid if it didn’t). So, some energy / c^2 =m this means light can cause movement as though it had mass! The c^2 just means it’s not much equivalent mass so the light pushes with very little momentum.
Bruh if light has no energy, why the sun ray is hot??????????
Why is he whispering
Ain't photons massless ... 🤔
Yes but yet they have momentum, somehow. I'm not familiar with how exactly unfortunately but they do apply a force to an object upon hitting it which is quite annoying for space telescopes over long periods of time.
@@JimmyBlether momentum is mass x velocity... So massless particles wont have any momentum too
@@mka11221yes momentum is indeed mass times velocity but this formula is not applicable at relatively high velocities.
Nasa know this, I have spirit touching my body and can hurt me, I need help.
he say he is allah, but I am not worship him anymore. please help me!
Sheesh
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My question to NASA is when are you going to tell the truth because about a year ago I was in my yard talking to a friend and as we stood I looked slightly above his head and seeing what look like two stars and I said hey man look at those two stars they look like they are so close I can hit him on a rock he said man those are drones I said buddy those are not drones they have no sound and when he turned around it scared him because he thought that's what it was they didn't move until he ran off in fear and I feel like they split and left the way they did because of fear It didn't mean no harm black hole 911 and looked at the flight radar in real time on my phone nothing was flying across the area at the time so I called 911 to ask them if they had drones in the area they said no and I said we'll send out a officer because I don't believe these are drones because they made no sounds 10 minutes later after I got off the phone a huge sphere reddish orange illuminating from the inside only illuminating itself within a plasma effect and I had stood there I can't explain this part but I just stood there watching it come to me I want to go to the house so I turn to the left wanting to get something to document this and then I stopped and when I turned back around almost immediately saying to myself I can't miss this if I go inside it'll be gone so when I turned my attention back to it I started feeling fear and when I started feeling that it left slowly but I knew the fear was unnecessary and that's why I left and after it left they come and never left me with knowledge and it still fills me and most nights at least five out of seven I know it is around where they are I guess you would say cause we talk and after I got it with Dr.Steven M. Greer it just amplifies continuously and you know what you're saying in teaching and the government is doing is it's not the truth and misleading because I know the names of the officials I could tell you word for word during the I don't know the term to use specifically within the term I guess you would say secretive does understatement but within those meanings within the university's, military world leaders and the institutions what was discussed of a many timelines because it was almost like a psychic vision they give and it don't stop.
I even went home government platform messaged them never got no response just like last night I went to Donald Trump's platform and spoke to his officials about this you don't want to talk about it so guess what you have no choice because I'm going to have a rally at the White House with masses holding all the departments accountable even the contractors that the government has hired and what they are doing and what you know and what you have done because I know switch to the one who reads within NASA you might not understand or know what I'm talking about but understand this I don't understand or no because it's intentional.
They have known about so much for so long is kind of game over for them at this point especially when I have no background or connection let's say for example the scientist within the universities that has done and worked on so many classified I'm just going to leave it there because they have pushed too many people away and disposed of them because they well let me explain it, want somebody goes so far play terminate it so to speak and then they take that information and they give it to someone else and then they take it to another level then is terminated again that's so nobody knows the whole story in a nutshell but I do and many people have all the information that I have like Mr. Greer and I have scared myself so I don't have to worry about the threats from the military, Gov. or anyone else because regardless it's already out there most of the governors history channel magazines and I have enough equipment that can tracking real time anything or anyone that comes on or over my property by any means necessary is and will be tracked in real time without obstruction even the greatest EVP will not have any influence what have obstruction on the information discontinuously sent to all these affiliates in real time.
I believe you get my point.
What's really scary is it you don't know how they have used different ways in the realm of hypnosis techniques to manage, control and silence almost everyone for so long it's unreal even assassinations in the public eye the CIA what's behind most and what you seen on the media was altered to to allow and give falsehoods credibility within belief to the masses.
Yeah I ain't reading all that, please separate your wall of text into paragraphs.
Grandpa, you're schizo posting again. Take your meds.
Your story is obviously false, you must be arrogant to think you know better than scientists
Even IF your story is legible (please make it possible to be read) and true.
How is NASA going to help you on this? They make planes and spaceships, not whatever you were talking about.
Why not use these for a human Vessel. 😅 #nasa your so behind in space traveling we should be 105 years advanced by now there was supposed to be a technology boom what happened. 😔
Solar sail acceleration is slow - no use for crewed missions
Says who? I'm sorry the horoscope next to the male enhancement ad in Popular Science didn't come true
These are used for tiny satellites the size of stamps and weight just mere grams.
1st
Light has no mass therefore this is bs
You have no right to speak because these scientists are thousands of times smarter than you
Light has no mass but it does have momentum
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Hystory reprats itself
Count Dooku would be proud
I calculated that if we wanted to go to Mars, it would take it 55 days for the solar sail to accelerate at a speed of 185, 145m/s.
Fantastic 😊🥰🤣