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On The Fuel Efficiency of Launching My Enemies Into The Sun. Incredibly nerdy and fun: does it require more power to eject a person from the solar system or launch them into the Sun?

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Jason Kottke

I pondered on Bluesky:

Would it be possible to use a Jupiter flyby to improve the fuel efficiency of both of these schemes? Or a Moon/Earth combo flyby? And if so, what would the theoretical minimum energy required for shooting ppl into the Sun be?

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