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Drama in Low-Earth Orbit as LightSail 2 Deploys its Sails:
LightSail 2 has successfully deployed its solar sails. Shortly after 12:00 pm PST The Planetary Society tweeted that the sails were deployed, and that the spacecraft was sailing with sunlight. We can all enjoy their success and start to wonder how solar sails will fit into humanity's plans for space exploration.
[...] This is a dramatic moment for LightSail 2 and for The Planetary Society, the world's largest non-profit space organization. LightSail 2 is the third spacecraft in their LightSail program. It was launched on June 25th, and has been in orbit since then, preparing for sail deployment and sending us some sweet pictures of Earth.
[...] LightSail 2's sail is actually a system of four smaller triangular sails that make one large square when deployed. Once deployed, the sail measures 32 sq. meters, or 340 sq. ft. Once it's deployed, it can be used to raise the spacecraft's orbit, demonstrating the power and usefulness of solar sails.
[...] In some ways, the solar sail is exactly like a sail on a boat. The sail can be aimed at angles, to direct the travel of the spacecraft. If the sails are aimed directly at the Sun, the spacecraft will travel directly away from the Sun. But by tacking, or changing the angle of the sails, a spacecraft using solar sails can steer and propel itself through the Solar System and beyond.
Planetary Society Twitter feed.
Also at: The Register, NYT, and The Verge.
Previously:
Planetary Society Receiving Data From LightSail 2
One Legacy of Carl Sagan May Take Flight Next Week—a Working Solar Sail
Planetary Society's "LightSail" Solar Sail Test Launch on May 20
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday July 24 2019, @09:25PM (4 children)
That is not how I submitted it.
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(Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Wednesday July 24 2019, @10:57PM (3 children)
How exactly does that work then?
(Score: 4, Touché) by takyon on Wednesday July 24 2019, @11:34PM (2 children)
I subbed as seen here: https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=35217 [soylentnews.org]
I was too lazy to fill out the details but I had ScienceAlert as the main source and my own headline. Then presumably bytram used the Universe Today headline and text instead.
It is all a nitpick though. Drama over the word "drama".
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(Score: 4, Funny) by martyb on Thursday July 25 2019, @11:40AM (1 child)
Correct.
I loaded and read the ScienceAlert story [sciencealert.com], provided in the original story submission. At the bottom of that page I found:
(Emphasis in original.)
As the stories seemed identical, I removed the indirection and updated the link (and yes, the title) to match Universe Today. I had a "twinge" about the use of the word "drama", but I was distracted from fixing that as I searched for our prior coverage on LightSail 2 and worked to include those links in this story.
Now that the story has gone live and the use of the word has already been commented on, I'll just leave it in as is so as not to disrupt the comment threads.
I apologize for any drama it may have caused. =)
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Thursday July 25 2019, @03:23PM
I wasn't trying to criticize your "moose turd pie", just had some misconstrued ideas about what would and would not be changed after submission. Reflecting the original source seems like it should be a good default, and I am sure it is in a majority of circumstances, but then you end up with people like us grousing you over an overly theatrical source.
In other words sorry about all the drama for dramas sake. =)
P.S. thank you both, this place is one of my favorite places, and it wouldn't be running without you.