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Questions regarding a 'sail' that can be attached to spacecraft to harness the sun's radiation to propel a ship in one direction or another.
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Can you tack against the sun using a solar sail?
No, because there's nothing like water for a keel to work against.
In water sailing there are two force vectors, the vector from the reaction of the wind against the sail, and the vector from the k …
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