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Article #103Re: Solar Sails
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 17:58
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 17:58
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In article <1992Oct29.151201.8187@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rbw3q@rayleigh.mech.Virginia.EDU (Brad Whitehurst) writes:
> ... NPR had a bit this AM about the solar sail
>"regatta" to the moon. I didn't listen closely, but they did speak of
>using the solar particle wind. Is this an error on their part, or is
>the particle flux in the earth-moon system stronger somehow?
It's an error on their part, and a common one. A solar sail should use
the solar wind, right? Except that the analogy isn't valid. Particle
thrust is minor in the Earth-Moon system like it is everywhere else.
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Solar Sails Message-ID: <Bww9xG.9vF@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 17:58:26 GMT References: <1992Oct28.165504.15346@ptdcs2.intel.com> <1992Oct28.202753.10814@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Oct28.235558.1187@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1992Oct29.151201.8187@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 12