ROCKET SCIENCE Solar Sailing Breaks Laws Of Physics London - Jul 03, 2003 maybe a case of a little too much writer's licence London - Jul 03, 2003 The next generation of spacecraft propulsion systems could be dead in the water before they are even launched. A physicist is claiming that solar sailing- the idea of using sunlight to blow spacecraft across the solar system- is at odds with the laws of thermal physics reports New Scientist this Saturday. Both NASA and the European Space Agency are developing solar sails and, although never tested, the concept is quite simple. A...