• consumptionone@lemmy.world
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    Just remember, it takes less delta v to shoot things out of the solar system than it does to shoot them into the sun.

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        It’s about sending a message

        Then out of the solar system is still a better option, because then we’re announcing to some future spacefaring anthropologist, “Fuck this guy in particular.”

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      Work out the right gravity assist profile and a trip to the outer planets can become one that ends WITH THE SUN