> From: Harry Veeder 

> Solar sails work on a relatively simple principle -- that beams of light
> bouncing off a reflective surface will transmit a push to the surface,
> driving it forward.

Are you sure of this?  A photon's relative mass is given by the ratio of 
momentum to light speed.  To impart momentum to the solar sail, how is this 
ratio altered?

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