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Originally Posted by mswhin63
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Ok .. thanks Malcolm .. I stand corrected.
It still isn't all that clear as to whether the present version of Ikaros has an ion drive, or not (?) It seems that they will be powering the ion drive, (is this the second generation sailcraft or the first ?), from the thin film sail solar cells.
Everytime I read this stuff, I get frustrated by their inability to describe the spacecraft and the project phasing … and their progress against the relevant objectives !!
Aarrrghh !!
Cheers