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How do you sail into the solar wind?
by Jeff_Brown 2y ago
How do you sail into the solar wind?
- tedunangst 2y agoJust need a triangular sail and some zigzagging.
- mtreis86 2y agoTacking doesn't work without water and a keel
- dan_linder 2y agoWon't the crafts relative motion (relative to desired travel) provide the same effective force as the water+keel?
- gpm 2y agoYou sail perpendicular to the wind, cancelling your horizontal velocity relative to the sun. Then gravity crashes you into the sun
- Terr_ 2y agoPerhaps a sacrificial solar mirror that detaches from the main ship. While the unfolded mirror is pushed moving away from the Sun, it reflects enough light for the smaller main body to accelerate sunward.