Solar Sails

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Across
  1. 3. This is the tendency for an object in motion to stay in motion and an object at rest to stay at rest.
  2. 4. Photons from the ____ provide the energy to propel solar sails through space.
  3. 6. Light is a for of ____ energy.
  4. 7. An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest is Newton's ____ Law of Motion.
  5. 9. A particle of light that carries energy.
  6. 10. Is a solar sail propelling forward through space the action or reaction in this scenario?
  7. 12. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction is Newton's ____ Law of Motion.
Down
  1. 1. A reflective sheet used for the movement of probes and satellites through space.
  2. 2. A solar sail transfers wave energy into ____ energy.
  3. 5. Solar sails move ______ than rockets.
  4. 8. Force = mass x acceleration is Newton's ____ Law of Motion.
  5. 11. Is photons hitting a solar sail the action or reaction in this scenario?