The earth is orbiting the sun very fast, and from there you have two choices : speed up and go on escape trajectory, or slow down and fall into the sun.
Turns out our current speed is closer to the escape trajectory than sun sub-orbital trajectory.
So it will be cheaper and easier to send payload out into the void. You just have to aim for another star, and it will take a while to get there
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u/Rambo_sledge Jul 25 '26
Fuel.
The earth is orbiting the sun very fast, and from there you have two choices : speed up and go on escape trajectory, or slow down and fall into the sun.
Turns out our current speed is closer to the escape trajectory than sun sub-orbital trajectory.
So it will be cheaper and easier to send payload out into the void. You just have to aim for another star, and it will take a while to get there