kalkulat to science · 7 months agoNASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in spacewww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1489arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology[email protected]worldinprogress[email protected]
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minus-squarelinuxgator@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·7 months agoI wonder how long it will take to get to Cardassia
minus-squareOlhonestjimlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI’d be content with Proxima Centauri. But that’ll still take a little while.
minus-squarelinuxgator@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoIndeed. In Deep Space 9, they built one and tried to sail it from Bajor. Got caught in a field of tachyons and ended up at Cardassia. Would essentially be like us making it to Proxima Centauri though.
minus-squareOlhonestjimlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoOh yeah, I remember that one. I feel like it bothered me, but I could swear I knew nothing about solar sails back then.
I wonder how long it will take to get to Cardassia
I’d be content with Proxima Centauri. But that’ll still take a little while.
Indeed. In Deep Space 9, they built one and tried to sail it from Bajor. Got caught in a field of tachyons and ended up at Cardassia. Would essentially be like us making it to Proxima Centauri though.
Oh yeah, I remember that one. I feel like it bothered me, but I could swear I knew nothing about solar sails back then.