Sending a space probe to the outer Solar System is tough. Not only do you have to escape the Earth’s gravity, but you also need enough speed to almost completely climb out of the Sun’s gravitational well; since the Sun is about 300,000 times more massive than the Earth, it’s a tall order. And, the more fuel you pack into a rocket at takeoff, the harder it is to lift off from Earth in the first place.
despite being very far from a physicist in my life, one of the first things i wanted to be when i was a kid was a quantum physicist, so this blog is scratching a very good part of my brain
despite being very far from a physicist in my life, one of the first things i wanted to be when i was a kid was a quantum physicist, so this blog is scratching a very good part of my brain
Oh, that's awesome!