It’s not obvious that this professor of aerospace engineering knows that the sun is the hardest place to get to in the solar system. Escape from the solar system is easier.
It’s not obvious that this professor of aerospace engineering knows that the sun is the hardest place to get to in the solar system. Escape from the solar system is easier.
Much easier to shoot it into Jupiter. Per Jack Handey, it’s an enemy planet.
He does entertain everything except the delta vee elephant in the room.
As I recall, the DV to reach the sun from earth is around 60kps. Definitely the hardest place to reach in the solar system, even with grav assists.
However, I’m a bit more worried by the statement that the earth’s influence ends at 22,000 miles. Perhaps they’ve never heard that the moon orbits the earth?
You have to nearly zero earths velocity. Or at least create an elliptical orbit with the heliogee inside the surface of the sun.
Perihelion. Wrong terminology. If I win the mega millions, I am buying the board new software that can edit posts.