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Jamie Davison wrote:
> Erm, Solar sails aren't really massively steerable, unless you can find
> another source of light pressure to fly away from.
The transfer of momentum to/from a reflected photon, and thus the force
of light-pressure on the sail, is perpendicular to the sail. You steer
by changing the angle of the sail to the sun.
For maximum efficiency, i guess the sail needs to be flat.
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