So if you had the sail at a 45 degree angle to the sun, bouncing the photons forward to your orbit, wouldn't that eventually slow you down? Or do you get pushed outward into a slower orbit at the same time and cancel it out?
It's all a moot point anyway since solar sails are so ridiculously impractical that this would basically never work in real life regardless.
It's all a moot point anyway since solar sails are so ridiculously impractical that this would basically never work in real life regardless.