Good News Everyone! It Is Really Hard To Get To The Sun!

Good News Everyone! It Is Really Hard To Get To The Sun!
futurama-memes, orbital-mechanics-memes, physics-memes, astronomy-memes, delta-v-memes | ScienceHumor.io

The ultimate space physics joke! Firing someone into the Sun sounds easy, but it's actually one of the hardest destinations in our solar system to reach! That 30km/s velocity change (ΔV) is no joke - you'd need more fuel than to leave the solar system entirely! 🚀

The Futurama scene makes it even funnier because Professor Farnsworth would totally know this but still use it as a threat. To hit the Sun, you'd have to cancel Earth's orbital velocity completely - which is why space agencies use gravity assists to get probes anywhere near our star!

More Like This