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timmyc · 10-01-2013, 11:57 AM

I work for a small aerospace company working on a technical demonstration mission for NASA. This test deployment of one quadrant (four of these on our spacecraft) was on 9/30/13, the day before the US Government shut down.

Beam and Sail, Stowed

Halfway Deployed

Fully Deployed Sail Quadrant

Fully Deployed

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timmyc SW20 to BL to E92 36 Rep 179 Posts Drives: 07 E92 335i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Irvine, CA iTrader: (3)	NASA came to see our solar sail quadrant test deployment yesterday before shutdown I work for a small aerospace company working on a technical demonstration mission for NASA. This test deployment of one quadrant (four of these on our spacecraft) was on 9/30/13, the day before the US Government shut down. Beam and Sail, Stowed Halfway Deployed Fully Deployed Sail Quadrant Fully Deployed Last edited by timmyc; 10-01-2013 at 12:06 PM..
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