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So I appreciate @misterfawx, @codeimpossible , @kiernaned, etc. saying "it's a dick move to criticize the science in someone else's SF universe".
And maybe you're right !
So please tell @Swordsfall1 (a) to stop doing it, (b) if he's going to do it, to learn some science.
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20/ > He did insinuate that it was bad. No, he stated that it was bad. > He did not insinuate it was bad because of science. He stated it was bad bc of science. Go read the tweet. https://twitter.com/whipstache/status/1167434329745702912 …
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21/ > If you think it's anything but *Expensive* to launch trash into the sun, you dont understand science. I sort of do, tho. Earth orbits the sun at 29.78 km/s + ~ 1.8 km/s of deltaV for atmospheric drag = 31.6 km/s To achieve LEO is 7.8 k/s So > https://twitter.com/BurningBunring/status/1167434439682486272 …
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22/ So to handwave, a rocket that can put X into LEO can put X/4 into the sun. Falcon payload to LEO is 23,000 kg, so it can put ~6,000 kg of trash into the sun. Launch costs $57 million, so it costs $9,500 to put 1 kg of trash into the sun. I call that "expensive".
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24/ Tantrum? Science-free?
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25/ Oh, interesting. I didn't watch that speech, but maybe I should. Cold Equations was classic, which is why I had an homage to it (with a female navigator!) in my books. https://twitter.com/LibertyFarmNH/status/1167436790158045184 …
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Cultural norms are decided collectively and very geographically and demographically, sorry to burst whatever fairy tale you hold close to your heart that says itherwise. Still waiting on that scientific argument. Seen a lot of butthurt, no science.
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