Re: russian solar sail?+

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From: Edward V. Wright
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 19:26

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In <2m6RwB2w165w@inqmind.bison.mb.ca> victor@inqmind.bison.mb.ca (Victor Laking) writes:

>Actually, using a solar sail to just go to the moon would be pointless as 
>they are only practical over a distance.  

Using an airplane to go from one one sandhill at Kitty Hawk to another
was rather pointless, too, wasn't it?  The proposal was more a proof of 
concept than a scientific mission.

>Remember, they use the solar winds to carry them.  

Most solar-sail designs use light pressure rather than the solar
wind.

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