Editing Solar sail (section)

=== Magnetic ===
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A [[magnetic sail]] would also employ the solar wind. However, the magnetic field deflects the electrically charged particles in the wind. It uses wire loops, and runs a static current through them instead of applying a static voltage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/library/meetings/fellows/nov99/320Zubrin.pdf |title=Fellows meeting |date=1999 |website=www.niac.usra.edu/files }}</ref>

All these designs maneuver, though the mechanisms are different.

Magnetic sails bend the path of the charged protons that are in the [[solar wind]]. By changing the sails' attitudes, and the size of the magnetic fields, they can change the amount and direction of the thrust.