@kalkulat to science • 14 days agoNASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in spacewww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square69arrow-up1487arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology[email protected]worldinprogress[email protected]
arrow-up1486arrow-down1external-linkNASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in spacewww.space.com@kalkulat to science • 14 days agomessage-square69cross-posted to: technology[email protected]worldinprogress[email protected]
minus-square@Passerby6497linkEnglish1•edit-213 days agoYou’re correct, the solar wind is like .5% the energy of the emitted photons and really begins to diminish after only 1.5AU, so they’re even less effective in system without a laser array than I half remembered.
You’re correct, the solar wind is like .5% the energy of the emitted photons and really begins to diminish after only 1.5AU, so they’re even less effective in system without a laser array than I half remembered.