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[Interview] Solar Sail Propulsion: Reality VS Fiction with Les Johnson
Les Johnson is the Principle Investigator with NASA's upcoming Near-Earth Asteroid Scout mission that will fly on the SLS and test solar sail navigation. But at the same time, he's a science fiction author. So, in this interview, we discussed both these sides of his life. 📖 Les Johnson's Books: https://www.lesjohnsonauthor.com/🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00 - Intro01:01 - Meet Les Johnson02:19 - Working at NASA and being a science fiction writer at the same time06:50 - Solar sails proplusion10:29 - Flying towards the Sun with solar sails14:32 - Near-Earth…
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