"SaberScorpX" wrote:

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

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

Not really surprising. Such designs have been banging around at
NASA for decades. No doubt the movie's art department saw these
and used them without predjudice since NASA artist's impressions
and concepts carry no copyright.