Trump posting some « Uh oh » spice…🧐
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It could be done. Elon could volunteer his rocket, they merely be a little extra payload. Set them free with a shove to get beyond Earth/moon gravity... Suns gravity takes over...
Sounds legit to me, but I'm no astrophysicist.
Correct. You are no astrophysicist. It takes more velocity to dive into the Sun than to leave the solar system entirely. (You basically have to nullify all your orbital velocity. Otherwise you just go into an elliptical orbit.) It's an error that is common among those who do not work orbital dynamics.
So, you're saying it can be done if we use half of the bodies in the cargo bay as fuel?
No. I am saying that if you want to be extravagant, it is easier to send them out of the solar system. (The remark about using bodies as fuel is just frivolous.)
I was being facetious.
Good info! I would have though the Suns gravity would take care of that.
You can't get to the Sun unless you remove all the orbital velocity and can fall in a straight trajectory. If you have even a little bit of velocity left, you will simply go into an elliptical orbit.