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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The system is designed to be initially 20 square centimeters in size but would inflate about 7,500 times larger to around 1.5 square meters, increasing atmospheric drag to accelerate deorbiting.

The only thing more impressive than seeing that expand out would be watching them pack it down.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Now I'm imagining bits of the sail bulging out of the rocket fairing like a hastily-packed sleeping bag at the end of a camping trip.