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1 Oct 2024 13:19:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Solar Sail  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 4 Sep 2000 13:42:15
Message: <39B3DF34.D7234820@schunter.etc.tu-bs.de>
Simon de Vet wrote:
> 
> Is it the total size that important, or the hull:sail ratio?
> 
> While there are no overt scale indications, I've been thinking of the hull as
> about 500m long, making the sails several kilometers across.
> 

IMO, it's the total weight/sail area ratio, but i don't know concrete values for
that.

Christoph

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Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
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