From: Spike (spike66@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 09:14:37 MDT
--- Spike <spike66@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Subject: Solar sailing vs. laws of physics ?
>
>> The reflected photon would have the same
>> frequency as the pre-reflection photon
>> only if the light source and the reflector
>> are stationary with respect to each other.
>Is this actually the case? Has it been
>observed experimentally with stationary
>versus moving mirrors? Best, Jeff Davis
Jeff, if you have ever been caught speeding
by radar, you have observed this redshift/
blueshift phenomenon firsthand.
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spike
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