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The fission sail is a type of spacecraft propulsion proposed by Robert Forward that uses fission fragments to propel a large solar sail-like craft. It is similar in concept to the fission-fragment rocket in that the fission by-products are directly harnessed as working mass, and differs primarily in the way that the fragments are used for thrust.

a plastic layer

b radionuclides layer

c stopped α particle

d escaping α particle

e resulting mean motion

f neutralizer electron beam

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	16:40, 20 January 2007		524×744 (62 KB)	Duckysmokton (Talk \| contribs)	(The fission sail is a type of spacecraft propulsion proposed by Robert Forward that uses fission fragments to propel a large solar sail-like craft. It is similar in concept to the fission-fragment rocket in that the fission by-products are directly harnes)