Many thanks for the link .However, while the paper is convincing in term of
theoretical orbital mechanics, I can't find any treatment of using solar
sail attitude alone to manage torque and acceleration issues, for as the
authors state, it
"does not address practicality issues such as the
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Subject: Re: [geo] Re: SRM offset standards?
" you just need to displace yourself sunward until the forces balance…"
How far sunward do you calculate that to be, and howfar from Lagrange 1 :
It'cold out there , and there's no val
" you just need to displace yourself sunward until the forces balance…"
How far sunward do you calculate that to be, and howfar from Lagrange 1 :
It'cold out there , and there's no valet parking.
On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 10:36:24 AM UTC-4, Douglas MacMartin wrote:
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> You don’t need a
You don’t need a countervailing force, you just need to displace yourself
sunward until the forces balance… (though how far depends on areal mass
density, and displacing too far sunward will require greater area to shade the
Earth if I recall right).
But even if the propellant requirement is
