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Solar Sails and Comet Tails: How Sunlight Pushes Stuff Around
It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/
It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep-space missions.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-solar-sails-can-work-to-propel-spacecraft/