We cannot efficiently manufacture mega-scale lightweight solar sails in orbit.
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Solar sails require ultra-thin, kilometer-wide polymer films that cannot be safely deployed without tangling or tearing. Zero-g robotic vapor deposition or automated truss deployment frames must be engineered.
Citation ID: WS02162
Title: We cannot efficiently manufacture mega-scale lightweight solar sails in orbit.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=2162