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Sails models
" In those times,
interplanetary travel was commonplace, though interstellar ventures
were still an exception. Rocket ships would take the tourists to
fabulous locations on Sirius, or the finance people to the stock
markets of Arcturus and Aldebaran. But Jinn and Phyllis, a wealthy
and free couple, were known through the Cosmos to be young originals,
with a bit of craziness, and they would cruse through the Universe
just for the fun of it - with their sailcraft.
" Their ship was a kind of sphere with a shell - the sail - made
of amazingly thin material, and it would move through space, just
pushed by the pressure of light beams. "
Excerpt from "The Planet of the Apes" by Pierre Boulle.
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U3P 's sail
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SSUJ 's sail
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U3P 's sail
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