nextgen solar sails

Let’s craft Solar Sails (cheaply & at home)

Bill of materials:

The final step is to find a way to combine the above 2 ingredients such that a structure can unfold once in LEO and take a “flat enough” shape to reflect Sun rays.

Note that, to be able to survive Space conditions:

This challenge is offered to College & High School students to devise a way to fit the largest & lighest (& mightiest) Solar Sail they can in the cheapest Cubesat possible, aiming below 100g/m2 (all hardware included).

My take