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apparently this was the prototype or something
www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2015/20150526-software-glitch-pauses-ls-test.html?referrer=www.popsci.com/planetary-society-loses-communication-solar-sail-spacecraft?referrer=www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/05/29/oh-no-bill-nyes-solar-sail-spacecraft-has-lost-contact-with-earth/?postshare=7001432920843592

bills face when he finds out

black science guys FW this happens

didnt the japanese make one of these allready?****

when they **** up the next one

bFW they **** up again

BFW he find out it's the Illuminati

investers FW all their money is gone

when they find the coder that ****** up

satalites FW what the scientists are hoping for happens but it doesn't restart

people who want to trave in space FW everything goes wrong

the idiots that don't believe in space flight FW this happens

news anchors FW trying to explain the science

obamas FW

gov. FW asked to help with space travel

MFW uploading this just to have an excuse to make a comp

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#4 - distortedflare ONLINE (05/30/2015) [-]

What if like two years down the line suddenly the thing turns back on. Scientists are baffled until one makes the horrible realization that it was manually turned back on. And now it is making a rapid approach to earth

#31 to #4 - armwulf (05/31/2015) [-]

Imagine if someone was able to connect to it without them knowing, and was able to force a reboot- and leave a "Manual Rest Engaged" in the logs to make it look like that's what happened.

#38 to #4 - beefymuffin (05/31/2015) [-]

its already back online

#21 to #4 - boomerpyro (05/31/2015) [-]

that would make such a great movie if we saw it from the aliens point of view and they weren't evil, just curious of our solar system

#42 to #21 - distortedflare ONLINE (05/31/2015) [-]

And the best thing is, is that it could be played from two perspectives. We see Aliens exited and eager to meet this new species. and on earth you have Humans panicking and uniting as one power all there weapons facing towards the incoming threat.

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#6 - zocard (05/30/2015) [-]

Oh lordy please solar sails.

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#1 - skyrimdovah (05/30/2015) [-]

>TFW Bill Nye's idea fails.

#37 to #1 - anon (05/31/2015) [-]

it didnt fail, its back online actually

#39 to #1 - beefymuffin (05/31/2015) [-]

yeah it rebooted around 7pm tonight

#15 to #1 - thatonecommunist (05/30/2015) [-]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eqCaiwmr_M

^sauce

#20 - Monopolus (05/31/2015) [-]

#3 - MRfunnyFACE ONLINE (05/30/2015) [-]

int he video bill looked like he was tripping ballz

#23 - redcapz (05/31/2015) [-]

but wouldn't the "push" that the light gives be really small...
The only way this could be used for space flight is if it rotated a something that generates electricity that can power some propulsion but even then it wouldn't be very much.

idk I've never even done physics yet in school (other than push thing and thing moves) gotta wait till year 11 till it actually involves proper things

#24 to #23 - monorail (05/31/2015) [-]

I'm ******* sorry, can I see your PHD? You think just cause you can type on a computer you're better than a real scientist?

#27 to #24 - redcapz (05/31/2015) [-]

huh wha? I must've worded that wrong. (sorry) I've never even done physics yet so I just said what I thought (look at the bottom of the comment idk I've never even done physics yet in school (other than push thing and thing moves) gotta wait till year 11 till it actually involves proper things )

#34 to #27 - monorail (05/31/2015) [-]

Nah that came across really bad, im sorry man

#35 to #34 - redcapz (05/31/2015) [-]

It's all good

#41 to #23 - epicalania (05/31/2015) [-]

There's negligible resistance to it's movements Space isn't a perfect vacuum but it's as close as you can get without breaking some law of physics , so any momentum it gains is retained almost indefinitely.
And that 'tiny push' is given constantly over the entire sail, making the 'tiny push' a 'slight push' which is bigger and the push is constant, 24/7 never stopping, only ever wavering in intensity.
Over time that builds up until the craft is moving at close to light speed

#28 to #23 - sirdoofus (05/31/2015) [-]

You know how momentum keeps things moving in space without generally slowing down? That push builds up.

#29 to #28 - redcapz (05/31/2015) [-]

ooooohh I think I get it now... so it would just keep speeding up, right?

#30 to #29 - qwertyuiqwer (05/31/2015) [-]

its cus of no atmosphere

#32 to #23 - armwulf (05/31/2015) [-]

These little suckers work on a similar concept.
Black surface absorbs light,
White surface reflects it.
So one surface is pushed by the sun
So sit it out in the light, and it spins- slowly at first, but over time, very fast.
See a normal rocket- you can think of it more like a cannon. In a cannon, you have a lot of thrust- then nothing, the projectile is left to cruise under the energy that accumulated.
A rocket is the same way, the engine isn't always on.
But a solar sail is under CONSTANT acceleration. Every second of every day, it is ever so slowly accelerating.
Going faster, and faster, and faster, and faster, and faster.

#2 - kevintothemax ONLINE (05/30/2015) [-]

hfw

#40 - tredbear (05/31/2015) [-]

#14 - avocadoXD (05/30/2015) [-]

so the equipment didn't work, so what they ******* made a light sail

#13 - necrova (05/30/2015) [-]

#25 - sirdoofus (05/31/2015) [-]

From the title I thought Bill died, but I guess he's still kicking.

#36 - anon (05/31/2015) [-]

guys my friend is actually working on this down a Georgia tech and light sail is back online and functioning properly. Plus this was just a prototype they fully expected these kinds of bugs. Hope this clears some things up

#26 - etrian ONLINE (05/31/2015) [-]

Pretty soon they'll be working on voiture lumiere from gundam.

#22 - threethan (05/31/2015) [-]

why didn't you make a tiny rc with a stick to push the reset button so this **** doesn't happen

#19 - boomroastd ONLINE (05/31/2015) [-]

Make another one to smash the reset button.

#18 - verycoolcat ONLINE (05/31/2015) [-]

Solar sails are a fantasy.

The amount of 'solar sail' area (size) you'd need would be massive for any practical use.

#17 - woofman (05/31/2015) [-]

Well, I suppose it was a prototype. There were going to be some bugs to work out... but that's probably what the info that was beaming back.

That blows big time.