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The Physics of Trying to Crash Into the Sun (www.wired.com)

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links to some interesting video. I think I had 1 chapter on orbital dynamics in school. good explanation of why it's not really as simple as dropping it in. probably old news to most.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The main thing is to go at night, in order to not get burnt up.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, super smart, fly a rocket when you can't even see where you're going. That'll end well.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Obviously, you do it on the night of a full moon. Jeez, they really don't teach critical thinking anymore, huh?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Space is mostly empty anyway, so the chances of crashing into anything is pretty low. That’s why space travel is so safe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

That sounds like a great way to slam a rocket into the fucking moon. You know, how almost every Apollo mission ended? I swear we've learned nothing.

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