.. title: Light Sail!
.. slug: light-sail
.. date: 2015-06-16 19:51:49 UTC-05:00
.. tags: space,personal
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.. image::  /images/LightSail/light-sail.png
   :alt:    Light Sail Mission Patch
   :height: 125 px
   :width:  125 px
   :align:  left

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 <http://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!