I learned recently from a Lemmy comment that it’s easier to launch something out of the solar system than into the sun. I guess it makes sense, because escape velocity from Earth is only about 16km/s, while the Earth is moving around 30km/s relative to the sun, and you’d have to slow a thing down closer to 0km/s to deorbit it.
I think sometimes it’s worth it to make the extra effort, though, in order to send the right message.
Man I need someone to make a shooting stars meme but it’s Elon flying into the Sun
“Be the change you wish to see in the world”
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orbán, Benjamin Netanyahu, Alexander Lukashenko.
One non-exhaustive list of people to be shot into the sun.
I learned recently from a Lemmy comment that it’s easier to launch something out of the solar system than into the sun. I guess it makes sense, because escape velocity from Earth is only about 16km/s, while the Earth is moving around 30km/s relative to the sun, and you’d have to slow a thing down closer to 0km/s to deorbit it.
I think sometimes it’s worth it to make the extra effort, though, in order to send the right message.