Brooklyn, New York, July 22, 2010
2nd International Symposium on Solar Sailing
ISSS 2010
The international experts, who gathered at the 2nd ISSS, unanimously agree that Solar Sail technology has significantly advanced in its Technology Readiness since the first symposium held in Ammersee, Germany (2007).
It has been confirmed by flight testing in deep space that Solar Sail technology is viable for space flight operations.
Many important applications of solar sails have been identified as useful to the international science community. It is vital that this user community be engaged as soon as possible so that they may better understand the capabilities offered by solar sail technology and to thereby obtain their advocacy.
The main statements and recommendations of the Ammersee Resolution of 2007 are still valid and are confirmed by the experts.
Major Achievements
The world's first solar sail, Japan's ~200m2 IKAROS, built by a team of ISAS/JAXA Space Exploration Center (JSPEC), was injected into interplanetary space and successfully deployed and demonstrated solar propulsion in the summer of 2010.
Next Steps (Missions in Development)
— Government, academic institutions and private organizations are developing multiple, small (approximately 10m2 - 25m2) solar sail systems that will be space flight validated within the next few years. These include:
- The Planetary Society's Lightsail-1
- NASA's NanoSail-D2
- The University of Surrey's CubeSail and DEORBITSAIL
- CU Aerospace's Cubesail
- Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt/European Space Agency's Gossamer-1
- Air Force Research Laboratory's FURL
— The JAXA team will continue to evaluate and analyze test flight data of IKAROS
The participants of the 2nd ISSS recommend accelerated development and space flight testing of solar sail technology to provide reliable, robust and revolutionary capabilities for future space science, exploration and operational missions.
Participants:
| Last Name | First Name | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Alhorn | Dean | NASA MSFC |
| Banik | Jeremy | Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles |
| Belbruno | Ed | Princeton |
| Biddy | Chris | Stellar Exploration |
| Biering | Bernd | DLR Inst. for Space Systems |
| Borggraefe | Andreas | RWTH Aachen University |
| Brown | Michael | US Naval Research Laboratory |
| Bryant | Robert | NASA |
| Campbell | Bruce | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Carroll | Kieran | Gedex Inc. |
| Ceriotti | Matteo | University of Strathclyde |
| Chan | Charlene | Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics HS |
| Choi | Mirue | University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Coletti | Alex | S M Resources Corporation (SMRC) |
| Coverstone | Victoria | University of Illinois |
| Dachwald | Bernd | FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences |
| Damaren | Chris | University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies |
| Diedrich | Benjamin | NOAA |
| Ellinghaus | Frank | private inventor |
| Farres | Ariadna | University of Barcelona |
| Frayman | Morris | Klesov Systems Science |
| Friedman | Louis | The Planetary Society |
| Funase | Ryu | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
| Galea | Pat | Project Icarus |
| Geppert | Ulrich | DLR Inst. for Space Systems |
| Greschik | Gyula | TentGuild Engineering Co. |
| Johnson | Les | NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Kawaguchi | Junichiro | JAXA Exploration Center |
| Kezerashvili | Roman | New York City College of Technology, CUNY |
| Koblik | Viacheslav | Umea University |
| Lappas | Vaios | Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey |
| Lazzara | Matthew | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Leipold | Manfred | Kayser-Threde Munich |
| Liu | Xiaoze | Queens College |
| Macdonald | Malcolm | University of Strathclyde |
| Matloff | Gregory | New York City College of Technology, CUNY |
| Mimasu | Yuya | Department of Aeronautics and Astrodynamics, Kyushu University |
| Mori | Osamu | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| Mulligan | Patricia | NOAA/NESDIS/OSD |
| Nehrenz | Matt | Stellar Exploration |
| Prado | Jean-Yves | CNES |
| Romagnoli | Daniele | German Aerospace Center - Institute of Space Systems |
| Sawada | Hirotaka | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| Scholz | Christina | FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences |
| Shirasawa | Yoji | University of Tokyo |
| Van Sant | Tim | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Vazquez-Poritz | Justin | New York City College of Technology, CUNY |
| Wawrzyniak | Geoffrey | Purdue University |
| Wie | Bong | Iowa State University |
| Wilkie | William | NASA Langley Research Center |
| Young | Roy | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Zhao | Yuhui | Nanjing University |
