Recently, some engineers and scientists have proposed building spaceships with enormous "sails" that catch the solar wind and use it to move the ship. What kinds of particles would be hitting this sail (i.e., what is the solar wind mostly made of):

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The solar wind is mostly made up of charged particles, specifically electrons and protons. While there may be some heavier nuclei and other particles present, they make up a very small fraction of the solar wind.

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