• stephen@lazysoci.al
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      5 months ago

      I like the way you think. I think the sun is closer though. Probably easier to get too. I don’t know I don’t work on space travel.

      • Aquila@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Its actually easier to launch stuff out of the solar system than to slow stuff down enough to fall into the sun

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          5 months ago

          I keep hearing that. Again - I don’t work on space physics, so forgive my ignorance on why. However- I’m good with billionaires taking as long as needed to get to our sun, some other maybe hospitable planet, or just dying in the cold of interstellar space while we observe a new holiday of them all fuckin’ off from terra firma.

            • sga@piefed.social
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              5 months ago

              technically, it uses a lot of energy (depending on how much the blade weighs). it is not electrical energy, but gravitational potential energy

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                5 months ago

                If we made guillotines now we would certainly use electric winches to lift the blades