258 pgs, 1992, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers
ISBN 978-2881248030

This book offers a clear, concise and fascinating insight into the concepts behind solar sails, covering the basic principles of the solar sail to proposed trajectories for travel into various planetary orbits.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction to Sailing
2. To Distant Shores
3. Sailing Ship Design
4. Sailmaking
5. Sailing Ship Construction
6. Sailing Operations
7. Beamed Power Systems
8. Scenarios of the Future