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[Marina DeVoe]

So its not at all like flying as you don't need wings for lift in space.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Ok, then you can say I'm a rocket girl..like a rocket queen.

Wait, no. Forget the rocket queen as it kind of means something else. Rocket girl! YEA!

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Hmm...wait, what if I can pilot a star-ship without rockets?
I mean...well, what if say I use solar sails? There are no boosters, just light reactive sails...or whatever causes light to push on them.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Sure...I'd need like kilometers of such sails. Square kilometers of sails to get a ship of any mass to move.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Well, I'm assuming that is how the physics would work. I have to look it up.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Say, did anyone ever see that little contraption that looks like a light bulb but isn't? I mean, well its in a light bulb housing but it has like tiny little black paddles that start moving in a vaccuum when light is presence.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

I'm guessing it's the same principal with solar sails. I mean, they should work the same way, no?

 

[Marina DeVoe]

I wonder how fast it can go. The solar space ship i mean. I could see it slowly inching forward my millimeters at first and slowly as the mass (that's the star-ship) gets moving , it gets faster and faster!

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Of course, as the ship moves farther away from the light source (that be the star) that the force of light gets weaker.
But-
And there is a but of course. But since the star ship is travelling in a vacuum it should not loose speed, right?

 

[Marina DeVoe]

I mean, speed gained or achieved will remain constant.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Well, baring coming up on another star or hitting like space dust or some other cloud thingy...i don't know really.
But I'm sure there are some things out there in space besides...uhm empty space that will slow it down.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Ok, so if say we use solar sails to pilot a star-ship. And it would rightly be called a star-ship as it uses a star for propulsion.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Anywho, this star-ship could also be sailed like a boat using wind?

 

[Marina DeVoe]

I mean, well...wind solar wind...almost the same right?..?? :huh:

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Hmm...well, since this is a sci-fy rp board..then I'll pretend to say 'yes'.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

So..solar wind, being like air winds on a boat; i should be able to angle and cut the sails..or whatever the sailors do with sails, to direct my star-ship in space.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Naturally, the closer my ship is to the star, the better maneuverability? I mean..like sharper turns?

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Should work, right?
I mean, well it kinda makes some sense. Then again i am a blonde.
But that shouldn't be held against my charry all the time.

 

[Marina DeVoe]

I do have an immagination after all...

 

[Marina DeVoe]

Oh shoot. I have to go check on some other game threads. I seem to have a witch who doesn't mind playing with the likes of me.