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date = "2015-06-16T19:51:49-07:00"
title = "Light Sail!"
categories = ["space","personal"]
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![Light Sail Mission Patch](/photos/LightSail/light-sail.webp){.align-left
width="125px" height="125px"}

Growing up in Houston, I have followed our space program off and on. I
am also a big reader of Sci-Fi. So, when I heard about the [Solar Sail
Kickstarter
Project](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theplanetarysociety/lightsail-a-revolutionary-solar-sailing-spacecraft/description)
from [The Planetary Society](https://www.planetary.org/), I jumped on
board. And, while they have raised almost 4 times their goal, I think
that this is a project which will have more of an impact on humanity
than some of the other projects.

So, join me in backing them!