What Should Light Sails Be Made Out Of?

https://www.universetoday.com/169617/what-should-light-sails-be-made-out-of/

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11 Comments

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Light? I mean they're light sails, right? 😆

(I'll see myself out)

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Is lobster sauce made out of lobsters, or is it made of something else and you put it on lobsters?

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's made by lobsters. It doesn't matter what they make it of, or where it goes.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

actual LOL from me

astrozoli@linux.community · 1 pts · 1y

Oh man you’ve beat me to it

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

The best material would be something thin and shiny like mylar, no?

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What do Space Pirates use? Let's use that.

TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

I would guess that the solution is in the name. Why else would they be light sails if they weren't made of light? Who's running this program?

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Pixels, I think.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 1y

Light.

BonerMan@ani.social · 2 pts · 1y

Gigantic lenses to burn away bad people.

IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
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