sci.physics.particle

On Feb 25, 11:08 am, Saul Levy wrote:
> How many ions per second are coming from Sirius, Brad? Not photons,
> ions.
>
> Saul Levy
>
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:47:36 -0800 (PST), BradGuth
>
> wrote:
> >Space isn't a vacuum, it's absolutely chuck full of photons, dark
> >matter, dark energy and solar winds coming from nearly every
> >direction, especially as coming off the Sirius star/solar system.

Good question. I don't have a clue, other than whatever our solar
wind amounts to times perhaps at least 9 or 10 fold in greater
population of ion particle density/m3, as well as possibly averaging
10 fold in faster exit velocity, making Sirius worth 1000 fold greater
of whatever solar wind pressure/m2 of what our sun can muster. What's
your best SWAG as to the combined Sirius wind?

However, the thought of using a massive solar sail as our retro-break
might be sufficient, especially if having as great as 1e12 m2 of fiber
reinforced mylar sail or disk drag area to work with.
. - Brad Guth