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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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[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 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.

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