Obviously it must be named Ikaros

Japan is going to launch a space yacht with solar sails.

Everything I know about solar sails I learned from that one DS9 episode where Sisko rebuilt one and got blown into Cardassian space, so I don’t really have much to add here except I hope that the Japanese one doesn’t get sucked through a tachyon eddy and into enemy space.

One response to “Obviously it must be named Ikaros

  1. Totally just watched that episode last week. I’m hoping the japanese ship has completely manual rigging too, for that old-timey sailor feel.