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If you hook a bungee cord onto the object can’t you just use the stored elastic energy to propel yourself forward? The whole point of the piggy back is to take
by dogma1138 7y ago
If you hook a bungee cord onto the object can’t you just use the stored elastic energy to propel yourself forward? The whole point of the piggy back is to take some of its kinetic energy as your own velocity it doesn’t matter if you actually land on it or not.
- dredmorbius 7y agoHow do you plan on stopping? The question specifically addressed lithobraking. Which means a terminal state on the surface with matched velocity.
- dogma1138 7y agoYou don’t stop it you can mechanically extract energy form it you just slingshot swag out of the solar system.
- marcosdumay 7y agoI was imagining eventually landing on the object. Interstellar space is probably not very interesting on its own. But how much delta-v one can extract from a bungee jump is just as interesting a problem as how do you break from a huge delta-v and no atmosphere. Maybe one can even direct the jump into a useful direction: interstellar body based propulsion.