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You get lucky quite a bit don't you, Chris?
Wrong, the lightsail does not use an ion engine to propel itself, if it did it'd do nothing new and the name lightsail would be redundant, either way, you don't need to take my word for it.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/solarsail/index.html
HA. Any savvy female would be able to see right through that ruse. Nevertheless, many of us would find it adorable anyway.
I don't think it's light that's pushing the craft though. It's solar wind. You can't see solar wind, you can see light.
using the pressure of sunlight itself to provide propellant-free transport, hovering and exploration capabilities.
Oh, sure, we'd see through it. But cleverness is sexy too. Shows he knows how to think on his feet.
I don't think it's light that's pushing the craft though. It's solar wind. You can't see solar wind, you can see light.
With the above in mind, a glance around, and I suspect he was right.
You get lucky quite a bit don't you, Chris?