/technologies/industrial-automation-space/b/blog/posts/planetary-society-prepares-to-launch-lightsail-2An artist rendition of the LightSail 2 above Earth (Image credit: Josh Spradling / The Planetary Society) Back in 2015, LightSail , the Planetary Society’s Carl Sagan inspired solar sailer, took flight. The kite-like aircraft was proposed as a wa...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/industrial-automation-space/b/blog/posts/planetary-society-prepares-to-launch-lightsail-2Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:33:29 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9d03916b-50b4-40b0-9d0d-9fb782d4f562dubbie0<p>I can remember many years ago reading science fiction books about using light sails to travel through space. Now it seems to be coming to reality.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dubbie</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=7285&AppID=141&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">