• Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Why do you need to hit the exact center of the sun to have the desired results? Get it within the orbit of Mercury and I’ll be happy enough.

    • Blaubarschmann@feddit.org
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      2 months ago

      That’s what the premise of this post was. It’s a common saying to “shoot something into the sun”, which sounds easy at first but is actually quite hard to do. That’s the joke

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        2 months ago

        My argument is it’s more energy efficient to shoot something towards the sun that will have the same result as hitting the sun than it is to get it out of the solar system.

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          2 months ago

          It’s just not true though, unless you do an out then in maneuver.