Clarke, A.C.: WIND FROM THE SUN

Hold your hands out to the Sun. What do you feel? HEat, of course. But ther´s pressure as well. Over the area of your hands, it comes to only about a millionth of an ounce. But out in space, even a pressure as small as that can be important, for its acting all the time, hour after hour, day after day. Unlika rocket fuel it´s free and unlimited. If we want to, we can use it. We can build asils to catch the radiation blowing from the Sun...

AUTHOR:  Arthur C. Clarke

COVER: paperback

PAGES: 193

LANGUAGE: english