alternate method of building kalphite one or simular station.

after more research, it might be more possible than that.

1) the pressure comes from light, not the solar wind as i thought
before (hey, im learning here), which has more pressure per inch.

2) the thickness needed is in the nanameter range, not mm range. so
its down to the ton range rather than kiloton range

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote:
>
> unfortuantely after writing this i have found the wieght of mylar
and
> figures for converting. its possible that solar sails might not be
as
> good a way of doing it as i thought. it appears that even at 1 mm
> thickness, it would weigh close to 4000 tons per square mile. i
dont
> think 100 square miles would be that small of a probe.
>
> perhaps a different substance, slight weight or a better way of
doing
> it?
>
> --- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote:
> >
> > hi Dave.
> >
> > Unfortunately i don't have anyway of calculating the size, but
this
> > is not something that i came up with totally myself. I'm
borrowing
> > things from NASA. i suspect from things that NASA wrote and
things
> > Ive seen in books that the main sail would be something on the
order
> > of 100 square miles or bigger. this is not as daughting as it
seems.