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Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 11:44:28 JST Paul Cantrell
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TL;DR: Astronomical fuel costs + risk of explosion on launch
But the full read is a nice mellow introduction to the surprising realities of orbital mechanics.
From @startswithabang: https://astrodon.social/@startswithabang/113153582719004469
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  Attached: 1 image Why we’ll never shoot Earth’s garbage into the Sun Looks like the plot of Superman IV just isn't ready for prime time: it's a terrible idea to launch Earth's most hazardous (or radioactive) waste into the Sun. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/never-shoot-earth-garbage-sun/
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 11:46:13 JST Paul Cantrell
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  A bit that surprised me: if you actually want to dump waste outside the Earth, well, merits of that dubious idea aside, it’s far more efficient to get it into interstellar space than to get it to the sun. Huh!
  
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  aburka 🫣 (aburka@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 11:51:25 JST aburka 🫣
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  @inthehands well, previous generations sent the Voyagers into interstellar space running on fumes and a poor excuse for a calculator as compute, but it took until the 2020s to get the Parker close to the sun... obviously there's other factors in there but it's a data point
  
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 11:50:49 JST Paul Cantrell
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  Oh, wow, yeah, it so is
  
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  Marco Rogers (polotek@social.polotek.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 11:50:50 JST Marco Rogers
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  @inthehands I mean this is just a Futurama episode waiting to happen.
  
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 11:52:04 JST Paul Cantrell
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  There’s always the Oort Cloud, I guess
  
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  Jesse Morris (aubilenon@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 11:52:05 JST Jesse Morris
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  @inthehands So much for my Big Hopes for Elon Musk!
  
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