The solar wind -- The edge of the solar system -- Changes in the heliosphere -- Reaching the heliopause -- The need for speed -- Inventor feature: building a dream -- Electric repulsion -- Big idea: an invisible sail -- Inventor feature: basic research -- Protons and electrons -- Longer wires -- Big idea: spinning the spacecraft -- Inventor feature: inspired by industry -- Electric sail vs. solar sail -- Inventor feature: other interests -- Big idea: keep it simple! -- Outside the ecliptic -- Pushing back the boundaries -- Bruce Wiegmann and his team.
Summary:
"A volume explaining engineer Bruce Wiegmann's plan to create a space craft that will harness the power of solar wind to propel itself towards the edge of the solar system"-- Provided by publisher.
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