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Jameson Lopp
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TIL it takes more energy to fire a rocket into the sun than it does to escape the solar system.

This is because it's the difference between having to cancel out Earth's 30 km/s orbital velocity vs only adding 12 km/s to it.
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SatsAndSports · 1d
Some things are asymmetric, as you say Like how it's easier for (sybil) nodes to relax relay policy than to tighten it 😀
umni · 1d
If you're really curious look into dynamic soaring. Using a energy front between any two fields to gain speed greater than either using no energy. RC gliders reaching nearly 900 km/hour by performing dynamic soaring on wind shear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyYaL0dGAA https://www.youtube.co...