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  • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eetoScience Memes@mander.xyzLaunches
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    6 days ago

    Gravity assist with one of the larger planets to make a very narrow orbit seems to be the most efficient way. But you need the planets to align correctly to have an efficient route.

    “I’ll launch you into the sun once there is an appropriate transfer window to Jupiter” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.


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    6 days ago

    The vessel would still have a lot of speed after escaping earth’s orbit, so the trajectory would become a large orbit around the sun. You still have to slow down by about ~30km/s (or ~100 000 km/h) to make that orbit intercept with the sun’s surface.





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    10 days ago

    In Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, the number of thieves wasn’t really necessarily 40. The number was likely just chosen because 40 was an exaggerated number, much like when we’d say “I’ve told you a hundred million times”. So 40 as a shorthand for “a huge amount” seems fitting in celcius.







  • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eetoComic Strips@lemmy.worldJames Bond
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    12 days ago

    Maybe if the fourth panel was removed, it would hold some humor. An expiration date on something so special as a licence go kill could give a soft chuckle. But since the fourth panel suggests that he is about to solve the issue somehow, it just makes it confusing. What is the funny part?