Definitions
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- noun A
boat with one or moresails . - noun uncountable The art of
sailing . - noun astronautics A
spacecraft endowed withsail forpropulsion purposes.
Etymologies
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These are small sailcraft, not much bigger than sailboards, if that, rigged with hydrofoils.
Moths Steve Perry 2010
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This, in fact, is what most ocean going sailcraft are.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Probably the best approaches are to either put large solar columating Fresnel lenses in space to propel a sailcraft, or to send nano-tech devices by electromagnetic means.
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The sailcraft would have photons directed at it by a large Fresnel lens, which could columate light out to huge distances.
Planetary Society to Launch Three Separate Solar Sails | Universe Today 2009
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If the solar sailcraft has a powerful magnetic field associated with it this can anchor the craft with the diffuse plasma environment.
Planetary Society to Launch Three Separate Solar Sails | Universe Today 2009
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Added weight is the problem – the bane of sailcraft.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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It is less comfortable, accommodation wise – most westerners prefer the floating home concept and then there is the evolution of sailcraft in the west.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Added weight is the problem – the bane of sailcraft.
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This, in fact, is what most ocean going sailcraft are.
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It is less comfortable, accommodation wise – most westerners prefer the floating home concept and then there is the evolution of sailcraft in the west.
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