Multiple Choice
The Sun radiates about 3.83 1026 W of power.How large should a perfectly reflecting solar sail be on a space ship of mass 50 kg to provide an acceleration of 10-4 m/s2 at the Earth's orbit? The radius of Earth's orbit is 1.50 1011 m.
A) 550 m2
B) 625 m2
C) 1100 m2
D) 2500 m2
E) None of these is correct.
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