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Originally Posted by niky
A good-sized solar sail should allow you to save fuel on braking... Or you could use the solar wind collected by the sail at your destination for reverse thrust.
Gonna need an incredible amount of fuel to do the pulse-pivot-pulse with continuous thrust throughout the trip.
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Okay. Since everyone is getting serious about saving fuel between galaxies...
Why waste the fuel to slow down? Can't we just re-enter the atmosphere, use the air friction drag, and simply glow red hot for just a few hours?