Saving energy is silly; the bottom line is money (was Forklifts tip

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>> Keith Henson schrieb:
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>>> Just ignore the power collecting function. Can you station keep in
>>> GEO with a solar sail?
>>>
>>>
>> I am pretty sure that the orbit solar sail specialists could do
>> something that comes near station keeping through slowing the craft
>> down and speeding it up once a day, so that the craft is on the same
>> position relative to Earth after 24 hours.
>>
>> If you want to verify that, just ask one of them.
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> The only solar sail specialist I know is Eric Drexler. He has not
> worked in this area for decades and is too busy with nanotech designs.
>
> Any suggest as to who should be brought into this discussion?
>
I don't think we should ask someone to take part in this discussion.
But I think, a private email to those mentioned here might help also.

Prof. Bong Wie, http://www.aere.iastate.edu/index.php?id=4360
The author of Solar Sailing, Prof. Colin Mc Innes,
http://www.mecheng.strath.ac.uk/staffprofile.asp?id
Prof. Bernd Dachwald, http://www.spacesailing.net/

Best wishes

Frank