[Interview+] Two Football Fields of Solar Sail in One Rocket | NIAC 2026

<html><p></p><p>BONUS PART STARTS AT 25:44</p><p>Watch here (with no ads) or on YouTube <a href="youtu.be/B8xbSUstIhA"; target="_blank">youtu.be/B8xbSUstIhA</a></p><p&… Guest: Dr. Artur Davoyan <a href="samueli.ucla.edu/people/artur-davoyan/"; target="_blank">samueli.ucla.edu/people/artur-davoyan/</a>; </p><p>Solar sails are great. It's a propulsion method that doesn't require carrying fuel. But the need to be really big to be efficient. How do you fold them on Earth and unfold in space? What's a reliable way to do that? NASA recently awarded a NIAC grant specifically for that.</p><p>📜 Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions <a href="nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/c…; target="_blank">nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/c…; </p><p>👉 All 2026 NIAC Selections <a href="nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/n…; target="_blank">nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/n… Intro </p></li><li><p>01:31 Solar sail as a propulsion method </p></li><li><p>25:44 Alternative propulsion methods </p></li><li><p>38:38 Current obsessions </p></li><li><p>44:54 Final thoughts</p></li></ul><p></p></html>