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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Can a solar sail be used to put a craft into the sun?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, because of the way orbits work, you just need to add velocity horizontal to the orbit, which is just as easy going into the sun as out of it.

So a solar sail is just as good both in and out of the sun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Easily. You'd just have to use it to push your orbit in the right direction at the right time. If you are like Pluto, and way out there with a very eccentric orbit, unfurling the sail as you are heading into the galaxy might make your orbit path curve through the sun itself.