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RIT Thesis Defense Tackles Radiation Pressure on Hybrid Diffractive Solar Sail
Original: Imaging Science Thesis Defense: Radiation Pressure on a Hybrid Diffractive Solar Sail | Events | RIT
The Rochester Institute of Technology is hosting an imaging science thesis defense examining radiation pressure on a hybrid diffractive solar sail. The research explores how diffractive materials could be used to steer spacecraft using sunlight alone, an emerging concept in solar sail propulsion. The defense offers a public look at graduate work in a niche but growing area of space technology and advanced optics.
Why now: Growing interest in solar sail propulsion and diffractive optics as a novel way to propel spacecraft has put this research in the spotlight.
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