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[–] 18 points 5 days ago (10 children)

That's just wasteful. It's about 3 times more fuel efficient to hurl him into the crushing depths of Jupiter than the fires of the sun.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    One good burst and let him go ballistic, whether or not he makes the sun isn't particularly relevant.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    You still need to make sure he goes away from earth, not accidentally tumbling towards it in a few thousand years.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    It seems like that wouldn’t be more fuel efficient.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago

    Orbital mechanics is fun like that. To over simplify things, you would have to cancel out the speed we travel around the sun or you would have to add speed to get to the high orbit Jupiter has. It actually takes less energy to escape the pull of the sun than it does to send something to the sun.

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