Submitted by Gari_305 t3_zwvmq5 in Futurology
grundar t1_j22p3cc wrote
Reply to comment by AllGodsRTricksters in Is mining in space socially acceptable? by Gari_305
> The sun is the best trash disposal in the system, just have to nudge things in it's direction
No, interestingly.
Anything that hasn't fallen into the sun yet is in a relatively stable orbit around it, meaning pushing it into the sun would require cancelling out most of that orbital velocity, or about 20-30km/s of delta-v.
Getting anything to fall into the sun is actually really hard.
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