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Old 02-13-2023, 12:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Please, there's no reason to try and overthink this.
Like, why did you use a Volvo 760 instead of a 745? ....or a Tesla Roadster?

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https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Electric_sail
Electric sail - Wikipedia
An electric sail (also known as an electric solar wind sail or an E-sail) is a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the solar wind as a source of thrust. It creates a "virtual" sail by using small wires to form an electric field that deflects solar wind protons and extracts their momentum. The idea was first conceptualised by Pekka Janhunen in 2006 at the ...
Surround the [space] vehicle with an electromagnetic bubble and you can sail on the wind.
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