June 25, 2005

Lets All Hope They Try Again

The Story of Cosmos 1 is Not Over: A Personal Report, Planetary Society

"So right now, I am not thinking about what might have been. What we did is not bad. We built the first solar-sail spacecraft. There is even a chance it got to orbit in working condition and ready for its mission. We created an international partnership with very limited resources. We conducted the first space mission by a privately funded space-interest group. We tested the notion of private funding for space ventures based on the idea that they have exciting stories to tell."


Posted by kcowing at June 25, 2005 11:12 AM

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