(SaberScorpX) wrote in
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APOD 2004 Aug 21:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...ail_msfc_m.jpg

i knew i'd seen that solar sailer before...

TRON...1982:
http://www.3gcs.com/tron/production/...ple-I%2011.jpg
http://www.vgmuseum.com/scans/scans2...olarsailer.jpg

It was also the mode of tranport in the original story "Planet of the
Apes" (1963) by French author Pierre Boulle on which the movie was loosely
based.