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#1 2007-10-30 13:08:39

Terraformer
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Re: Two twin sided solar sails

What about this idea. A solar sail in Solar orbit with enough power from the sun to counteract it's gravity and the force of the laser from the ship. A second one (the ship) get's acceleration from the sun and the laser on the sail. The ships laser pushes against the solar orbiting sail and gains acceleration.


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#2 2007-10-30 13:27:06

Dragoneye
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Re: Two twin sided solar sails

I dont understand what you mean?

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#3 2008-02-23 09:10:56

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Re: Two twin sided solar sails

Basically a Solar Orbiting laser that is used to accelerate a Solar Sail to much higher speeds than it could by just using the Sun.


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