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That's all true, but it's not the whole story either. The most efficient way to drop into the sun is to shoot a big orbit way out, then when going super slow ou
by msandford 4y ago
That's all true, but it's not the whole story either. The most efficient way to drop into the sun is to shoot a big orbit way out, then when going super slow out halfway to Pluto to burn just a little bit more to slow down to nudge your orbit and now you're headed to to sun.
- hoseja 4y agoThat's just bi-elliptic transfer and it's not necessarily the most efficient.
- msandford 4y agoOh I see! I'd love to know more about that. Is it a gravity assist instead, or something else entirely?
- effie 4y agoThe most efficient, in terms of minimum propellant, would be to use Sun's radiation and solar wind to slow it down and thus let the Sun pull down the craft. E.g. big mirror at 45 degrees to solar radiation flux. This could take a lot of time, similar to your way.