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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Launching things into the sun takes a lot of energy and complex calculations. It's interestingly easier to send something out of the solar system than into the sun

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

To be perfectly honest, I'm not actually worried about whether or not he makes it to the sun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Oh now you want to risk these unstable geniuses to be the first things aliens find about earth?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Aren't the calculations easy? The energy is insane though.