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To: tet68

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As always, the problem is how do you stop?..."

Fold the sail and use normal retros to brake into planetary orbit. Always works when done right.


9 posted on 01/01/2007 4:33:06 PM PST by NCC-1701 (To boldly go where no FReeper has gone before. Live long and prosper.)
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To: NCC-1701

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.


10 posted on 01/01/2007 4:40:21 PM PST by RightWhale
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To: NCC-1701
As always, the problem is how do you stop?

Angle the sail so that the thrust from the Sun is opposite the direction of travel. You would have to do a planetary swing by to accomplish this.

19 posted on 01/02/2007 9:05:14 AM PST by jmcenanly (Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -- Robert A. Heinlein)
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