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You would fold the sail?
by hvb2 1y ago
You would fold the sail?
- hansmayer 1y agoThat would not stop the probe from continuing to glide further. He's making a good point here.
- ceejayoz 1y agoGliding is fine. We whizzed past Pluto with New Horizons. Never stopped, just a photo flyby.
- voidUpdate 1y agoThat only stops you accelerating, it doesn't put the brakes on
- jordanb 1y agoDeceleration is the same as acceleration. You use the light of the star you're approaching to slow down.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoBut if you're going near light speed, the light / particles would be too faint to have any significant effect until you get very close. You'd basically just fly backwards straight into it. Unless your sail is very large and/or the total mass is very small.