Re: Muse in a state of excitation
Solar sails require a source of light, (solar) light particles have certain mass and collecting a sufficient quantity will provide impulse. The sail is generally conceived, these days, as constructed of carbon nano fibers and would need to be hundreds, maybe thousands of square miles in area to provide the needed power for a sizable ship. They might fail by being somehow shredded or by by being too far from a source of light.
Nice premise for a story. Anything that exceeds our current reach is fantasy and it is fun.