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From: prb@access.digex.net (Pat)
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Subject: Re: Combo Propulsion System!?
Date: 2 May 1993 15:08:02 -0400
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How difficult would it be to do a solar sail mission to say mercury?

Not much has been there and there is a 23?KM/s delta v to eat off.

could a  solar sail, handle say adiscovery bus, and drop it into
mercury orbit,  good enough for rockets to put it into some
form of polar orbit?

pat