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Professor Of Astronomy Explains Why You Can't Fire Your Enemies Straight Into The Sun
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So the "straight" part is impossible, but otherwise you certainly can. All that matters is "enemies into the Sun".
You could fire somebody straight at the sun but you'd need to launch them so fast they would be instantly vaporized.
Maybe we could set them on top of some kind of manhole cover...
You're telling me we can slingshot a satellite around the moon and past Jupiter but hitting the sun is more difficult?
'Difficulty' here is apples and oranges. Energetically more expensive, but less complicated than slingshotting.
Doesn't sound like a problem to me
That would work and also be much faster.