kalkulat@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 17 days agoNASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in spacewww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarelinuxgator@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·16 days agoI wonder how long it will take to get to Cardassia
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoI’d be content with Proxima Centauri. But that’ll still take a little while.
minus-squarelinuxgator@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoIndeed. In Deep Space 9, they built one and tried to sail it from Bajor. Got caught in a field of tachyons and ended up at Cardassia. Would essentially be like us making it to Proxima Centauri though.
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoOh yeah, I remember that one. I feel like it bothered me, but I could swear I knew nothing about solar sails back then.
I wonder how long it will take to get to Cardassia
I’d be content with Proxima Centauri. But that’ll still take a little while.
Indeed. In Deep Space 9, they built one and tried to sail it from Bajor. Got caught in a field of tachyons and ended up at Cardassia. Would essentially be like us making it to Proxima Centauri though.
Oh yeah, I remember that one. I feel like it bothered me, but I could swear I knew nothing about solar sails back then.