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    Quote Originally Posted by CeeBee View Post
    You push "against" the fucking photons. And unlike a fucking steel ball, a fucking photon may stop to exist. It has no fucking rest mass but it has a fucking impulse. What the fuck is so hard to comprehend?
    Have you figured out why NASA hasn't contacted you yet??? Try not to use inappropriate language when replying to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobile PC View Post
    Have you figured out why NASA hasn't contacted you yet??? Try not to use inappropriate language when replying to me.
    The effect is known and taken into account at calculating inter-planetary trajectories. Have a read at solar sails.
    However the force is so small that it has only theoretical applications. A solar sail 0.5x0.5 miles wide only generates one lousy lb-f of thrust. Consider the sheer amount of solar energy going through that area.

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