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As the Planetary Society's first LightSail mission comes to a close, people working with the organization are looking to the future. Bill Nye, the CEO of the Planetary Society says this kind of technology could open up the doorway to space for people around the world in the years to come. Nye, of "Science Guy" fame, said during a news conference Wednesday, "Solar sailing is worth doing because it has the potential to democratize space." Nye then added, "It will allow small organizations, or organizations who don't want to allocate too much money to a space mission, to build a small solar sail, deploy it the way we deployed ours and go to — well, you can pick almost any destination in the solar system if you have time." http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/4wJf4Q2VdTc/ http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by Wochit using http://wochit.com