When snark and nerdiness collide, the results are often delightful, and this post is no exception.
Calculating the delta-v needed to launch someone into the sun is easier mathematically but tougher conceptually because it actually requires the counterintuitive approach of firing your rockets retrograde until your orbital velocity becomes zero. Since your velocity is now zero, the sun is going to pull you straight down until you become a toasty, concerningly fleshy [sic] marshmellow.
In the last 20 years of my life, I’ve slowly devolved into a concerningly fleshy marshmallow with very little aid from gravity.
When snark and nerdiness collide, the results are often delightful, and this post is no exception.
In the last 20 years of my life, I’ve slowly devolved into a concerningly fleshy marshmallow with very little aid from gravity.
What a fun post.