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Solar sails could provide a way to move satellites or spaceships without using a lot of rocket fuel. TechRepublic VP Bob Artner explains how a sail works in space where there is no wind -- or is there?

Written by ZDNet Staff, Contributor July 22, 2005 at 8:51 a.m. PT

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