The Strange Force That Could Slow Interstellar Solar Sails
Concept art of a diffractive solar sail. Credit: NASA / Grover Swartzlander Solar sails may encounter drag from light itself as they approach a significant fraction of the speed. Getting a spacecraft to another star is not simply a matter of building a bigger rocket. Chemical propulsion is far too slow for interstellar travel on
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