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DescriptionFission sail.svg	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
Date	20 January 2007 (original upload date)
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current	13:06, 21 January 2007	1,210 × 650 (77 KB)	Duckysmokton (talk \| contribs)
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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