The intensity of the Sun's light in the vicinity of the Earth is about 1000W/m^2. Imagine a spacecraft with a mirrored square sail of dimension 5.5 km. Estimate how much thrust (in newtons) this craft will experience due to collisions with the Sun's photons. [Hint: assume the photons bounce off the sail with no change in the magnitude of their momentum.}
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