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|    Paul F. Dietz to Robert Schneider    |
|    Re: Solar sails - impossible?    |
|    09 Jul 03 05:07:57    |
      From: dietz@dls.net              Robert Schneider wrote:              > I think that he is probably right. If reflected photons still have the same       > momentum as incident photons, then a perfect mirror won't be able to gain       > any momentum.              Since momentum is a *vector* quantity, they clearly do not have the same       momentum before and after reflection.               Paul              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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