Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:

> 
> And one other thing:  If it's a mirror, you can angle it in order to
> steer the ship.  The thrust is always perpendicular to the mirror's
> surface.  If it's plain black, you can't do that -- the thrust is always
> parallel to the paths of the incoming photons.
> 

True.

Unfortunately, the launch of Cosmos 1 appears to have failed.


Harry

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