kalkulat@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 8 months agoNASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in spacewww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldastronomy@mander.xyz
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkNASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in spacewww.space.comkalkulat@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldastronomy@mander.xyz
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months ago Though photons don’t have mass, they can force momentum when they hit an object — that’s what a solar sail takes advantage of. Sounds like a bug.
minus-squareVector@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoMust be a problem with floating point precision.
Sounds like a bug.
It’s a feature.
Mass-energy equivalence, babyyyyy
Witchcraft.
Must be a problem with floating point precision.