edit: it's 24k, not 32k, I had the wrong number initially edit2: actually now I'm not so sure, I might have had the right number initially. It's either 24k or

edit: it's 24k, not 32k, I had the wrong number initially edit2: actually now I'm not so sure, I might have had the right number initially. It's either 24k or 32k. Either way it's impractical. 24,000m/s is the difference in speed that the astronaut is already traveling with the speed necessary to get to the sun Getting to the sun is really hard. Chucking it back into the atmosphere is much easier, but GP was asking about throwing things into the sun.