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That's what I was afraid of. I was hoping I was doing the math wrong. Thanks everyone!

Hello physicists! I'm hoping you can help me with a question I'm pondering for a book. At what acceleration could a 4 km^2 solar sail move a 1 metric megaton starship? Assume we're using the solar radiation from the Sol system as our force and that the solar sail in questions is as low mass...