Talk:NASA solar sail passes first major test

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Is this solar sail only for testing purposes or is it being tested for an actual mission? Are there solar sail missions being actively planned currently? What happened with the Japanese solar sails? What is the Planetary Society planning on doing, and how'd they raise enough money to do it??

Story unclear
I cannot parse the story text - has the test occurred and what was its nature? The story has:

"Shot into orbit by a converted intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Cosmos 1 would be launched from a submerged..."

Was it launched, or will it be launched in the future? -Wikibob 10:31, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What test
What test did it pass? 207.195.192.73 1 July 2005 03:31 (UTC)