[–] 5 points 4 days ago (1 child)

Just for the sake of efficiency, it would take less delta-v to eject them out of the Solar system altogether. It only takes 13 km/sec to get from Earth orbit to Solar escape velocity, but to get to the Sun, you have to cancel out Earth's 29.7 km/sec orbital velocity.

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    Preemptively defending himself against accusations of, yet again, turning a blind eye to an inconvenient news item, Johnson told reporters, “You guys can mock me for not knowing that. I worked about 22 hours the last few days, and I did not get the briefing on that. I will this morning.”

    Poor overworked Mike Johnson. Maybe the House of Representatives has a part-time role he can transition to.

    I hear "Former Representative" pays pretty well.

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