Mrs. Sagan said you'll be going 1/10 the speed of light. Your retrorockets will serve as a warning flare to those in the vicinity of your proposed landing area.
you'll be going 1/10 the speed of light. Your retrorockets will serve as a warning flare to those in the vicinity of your proposed landing area.s/b "your impact crater". :')
That would depend on when you start firing your retros, and how low you fire them, and if you have enough fuel. General question: couldn't they pull in the sail, or simply rotate the craft (sail and all) 180%, and allow the stellar wind from the destination system to do most of the decelleration as they enter the heliosphere?