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From: daegin@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Rick Miller)
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Subject: Re: Truly relevant discussion
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Date: 9 Dec 87 21:40:22 GMT
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ulrich@grasp.cis.upenn.edu (Nathan Ulrich) wrote:
>(by the way, I think this is how the outer space "sun-sailers" work, by using
>the photon pressure to move spacecraft....it really is a measurable phenomenon

Well, yeah...

	But isn't GETTING STARTED a real bugger?  I mean, I've shined a REAL
BRIGHT flashlight at a mirror, and I didn't feel any push at all!!!

	I guess the sunlight's just a little more agressive in space...