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Cripes... how dumb are you anyway?
Wind in space???? It's a Solar Sail!!!! Sheesh! CM "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... That reminds me. Remember that idiot, over in England I think, who claimed he could use a windmill contraption aboard his boat to power the boat straight into the wind using only the power of the wind? Bwaahahhahahahahahhahhahha. That solar sail will work but only downwind or crosswind. It will never be able to go upwind. It is against the known laws of physics for a sailboat to sail directly into the wind and it's the same for solar sails. CN CN "JG" wrote in message ... http://www.planetary.org/news/2004/s..._set_1109.html Arthur C. Clarke published a short story about it in 1960s called "The Wind from the Sun." Perhaps it will actually work. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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