Re:First possible interstellar object detected in our solar ...
by throwanem on Friday October 27, 2017 @08:56AM
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Of course you're right. Evidently I cannot accurately exponentiate before coffee!
But, yes, the velocity difference is a killer. The closest we've ever come was the Apollo-Saturn stack, and even that only had ~9km/s left over after reaching escape velocity.
But, yes, the velocity difference is a killer. The closest we've ever come was the Apollo-Saturn stack, and even that only had ~9km/s left over after reaching escape velocity.