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That only stops you accelerating, it doesn't put the brakes on


Deceleration is the same as acceleration. You use the light of the star you're approaching to slow down.


But if you're going near light speed, the light / particles would be too faint to have any significant effect until you get very close. You'd basically just fly backwards straight into it. Unless your sail is very large and/or the total mass is very small.




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