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The Question
(Submitted April 01, 1998)
Is a solar powered rocket possible?
The Answer
One kind of solar-powered spacecraft which will probably be built well
within you lifetime is the solar sail, which uses radiation pressure from
the Sun much like sailing ships use the wind. For details see:
http://www.u3p.net/
Koji Mukai
for Ask an Astrophysicist
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