Why do we want solar sails and where would they take us? What is the future of solar sailing and are there any existing missions? How can you relate solar sails with solar panels? How are they both like and unlike

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What is a solar sail? and how does solar sailing work? How does a solar sail control it'd direction? How fast can it go? What is a solar sail made of, how big it has to be? What are the advantages? How expensive is it? Why do we want solar sails and where would they take us? What is the future of solar sailing and are there any existing missions? How can you relate solar sails with solar panels? How are they both like and unlike? 

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