Just wondering...

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Just wondering...

Tom Brosz — 6/16/2001 8:34:31 PM (archived)

How would the material used for making solar sails work as the first layer of the shield? During acceleration, the sail would sweep the area in front of it. Of course, this still leaves the deceleration phase, when the payload of your standard solar sail spacecraft is in front.

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Whipple Shield may enable interstellar travel - bluh - 6/16/2001 6:59:50 AM
- random thoughts - RobertS - 6/16/2001 8:40:25 PM
  - JUST A COMMENT - R.L. - 6/16/2001 9:02:46 PM
    - I'm soooooo confused - RobertS - 6/16/2001 10:31:57 PM
      - Relativity - R.L. - 6/18/2001 2:27:18 AM
        
        and then there's mass - RobertS - 6/18/2001 7:24:27 PM
        
        Try this one - R.L. - 6/19/2001 6:28:04 AM
        
        Re: Try this one - RobertS - 6/19/2001 6:35:39 AM
      - Re: I'm soooooo confused - Anonymous - 6/18/2001 2:26:59 AM
- Just wondering... - Tom Brosz - 6/16/2001 8:34:31 PM
- Old, Very old. - ebnelson - 6/16/2001 8:34:19 AM
  - I think it will work - Gary - 6/16/2001 9:41:13 AM
    - Image of Whipple Shield tests - bluh - 6/16/2001 7:45:37 PM
    - I stand corrected - ebnelson - 6/16/2001 3:48:20 PM
      - Blow the plasma outwards - bluh - 6/16/2001 7:42:18 PM
    - plasma - Justin Kelly - 6/16/2001 10:18:11 AM
      - More throughts about starship shields - Gary - 6/17/2001 1:23:40 AM
        
        New idea - bluh - 6/17/2001 3:54:47 AM
      - Rip it apart with magnetic fields - bluh - 6/16/2001 7:02:48 PM

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