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Re:Myanmar's satellite held by Japan on space station due to... by darkwizard42 on Friday March 12, 2021 @07:01PM (#26442468)
I think the goal would be to first accelerate the astronaut to that level of velocity and then relatively adjusting its trajectory isn't so difficult. But, that is just my understanding that speed is relative (especially in space with no drag)
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Re:Myanmar's satellite held by Japan on space station due to... by morlockabove on Friday March 12, 2021 @07:48PM (#26442809)
Speed is also extremely expensive due to the rocket equation- changing your velocity, that is.
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Re:Myanmar's satellite held by Japan on space station due to... by dmoy on Friday March 12, 2021 @08:17PM (#26443004)
It would surely be easier to accelerate space trash into the sun than it would be to accelerate both the astronaut and space trash into the sun.

I don't think we should do either of those, but less mass is always easier to speed up.

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