"Set the controls for the heart of the sun"

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podrock — 4/12/2020 5:33:05 PM (archived)

Thanks for the info dump. I appreciate it.

In my meager understanding of these things, it is not easy to fly straight into the sun. The curvature of spacetime makes that impossible? Unless the object has incredible momentum?

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Latest Earth Flyby . . . - DanS - 4/11/2020 10:14:15 PM
- Flight Path - podrock - 4/13/2020 9:34:06 PM
  - ... Way ... WAY ... COOL...! - DanS - 4/16/2020 4:45:46 PM
    - More fun from the gravity well - podrock - 4/17/2020 6:12:10 PM
- Question for those who know more than I do: - podrock - 4/11/2020 10:27:47 PM
  - Orbital energy is divided into two parts. - hank - 4/12/2020 1:12:39 PM
    - More gravitational kinematics... - hank - 4/12/2020 3:46:32 PM
      - "Set the controls for the heart of the sun" - podrock - 4/12/2020 5:33:05 PM
        
        Actually, its very easy to fly straight into the sun. - hank - 4/12/2020 8:12:04 PM
        
        Skylab taught us about ripples in the atmosphere . . . - DanS - 4/12/2020 8:47:43 PM
        
        Thanks! - podrock - 4/12/2020 8:29:37 PM
        
        PS - podrock - 4/12/2020 5:48:05 PM

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