A nice theory… it’ll be good if it works.
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I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
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Very nice indeed - based on those speeds - how long before a probe launched (now), using this technology, would overtake the Voyager probes? I'm presuming the effect decreases with range so there's less impetus to the sails over time and eventually it'll stop accelerating?
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Hang on, I’ll just get my slipstick… no, that calculation needs a serious mathematician.DaddyHoggy wrote:based on those speeds - how long before a probe launched (now), using this technology, would overtake the Voyager probes?
I know one thing… it’d be travelling at one helluva rate of knots by the time it stopped accelerating.
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On the subject of Voyager and the solar wind...
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!