NASA NTRS · 19950006250
Space hardware designs, volume 1
Abstract
The design of a solar sail space vehicle with a novel sail deployment mechanism is described. The sail is triangular in shape and is deployed and stabilized by three miniature spacecraft, one at each corner of the triangle. A concept demonstrator for a spherical microrover for the exploration of a planetary surface is described. Lastly, laboratory experiments have been conducted to study the migration of thin oil films on metal surfaces in the presence of a thermal gradient.
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Meyer, Rudolf X., Cribbs, Richard, Honda, Mark, Ma, Christina, Robson, Christopher. 1994-01-01. Space hardware designs, volume 1. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950006250
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