单词solar sail
na.: 太阳帆
网络: 太阳风帆船
太阳帆〔星际航行中利用太阳能作为动力的一种设备〕
A solar sail vessel would merely enter the stream and hitch a ride, like a paper airplane drifting into the wind made by an electric fan.
太阳帆飞船只消进入这条高速公路，然后搭车远航便是，就像是电风扇吹动纸飞机前行一样。
some aspects of such a mission might actually be easier than trying to fly a solar sail in low - earth orbit , but others are harder.
同试图让太阳帆运行在低地轨道上相比此类任务的某些方面要容易，但另外一些要困难。
With solar sail technology, it"s easy to imagine manned and unmanned spacecraft traversing the solar system.
有了太阳帆技术，载人或不载人的太阳系飞行将变得非常容易。
Mission controllers have to account for the solar sail"s spin rate, distance to the sun and the sun angle to plot the spacecraft"s course.
而飞船控制员必须估算好与太阳的距离，旋转速度，以及标出飞船飞行全过程的太阳角度。
Other groups around the world are expected to launch solar sail demonstrators soon.
世界其他国家的航天机构也计划在不久的将来发射太阳帆飞行器。
IKAROS launched in May and soon after became the first solar sail to be fully propelled by sunlight.
IKAROS号太空船launchedinMay于五月发射升空后，就完全依靠阳光提供动力。
JAXA"s Tsuda noted, though, that current solar sail technology is not suitable for manned missions.
JAXA的Tsuda指出，当前的太阳能帆板技术不适用与人为操纵的飞行任务。
But Tsuda and his team hope the solar sail-powered craft will continue even farther, flying for as long as possible.
但是Tsuda和他的小组希望太阳能驱动的飞船能够继续向远方飞行，飞得越远越好。
Dr. Shirley said that the solar sail was feasible and that the only question was, "Do you want to spend some money? "
谢利博士说，太阳帆的设想是可行的，唯一的问题是“你愿意为它花钱吗？”
Still, the new technology may not win solar-sail races any time soon.
尽管如此，但新技术还不能马上赢得太阳反射器竞争的胜利。