The first human recipient of a Neuralink brain implant has shared new details on his recovery and experience of living with the experimental assistive tech.
How about if you leave the earth’s atmosphere first, come to a stop, then fire him/accelerate directly at the sun? Or I guess just leave him there so he falls into it slowly? I’m not trying to be difficult or anything I’m just interested.
Depends on what you mean by the “come to a stop” bit. Stop relative to Earth? You’re still going Earth speeds relative to the sun, which is what you’re trying to hit. It’s like throwing a ball at something while driving past it. If you mean stop relative to the sun then sure, you don’t even need to shoot him towards the sun, he’ll fall right in. The trouble is that stopping relative to the sun is specifically the bit that takes a lot of energy.
How about if you leave the earth’s atmosphere first, come to a stop, then fire him/accelerate directly at the sun? Or I guess just leave him there so he falls into it slowly? I’m not trying to be difficult or anything I’m just interested.
Depends on what you mean by the “come to a stop” bit. Stop relative to Earth? You’re still going Earth speeds relative to the sun, which is what you’re trying to hit. It’s like throwing a ball at something while driving past it. If you mean stop relative to the sun then sure, you don’t even need to shoot him towards the sun, he’ll fall right in. The trouble is that stopping relative to the sun is specifically the bit that takes a lot of energy.
Cool, thanks for the info, it’s very interesting. I, for one, vote for trying it with Musk, even if it goes wrong he won’t be here anymore.
Even if we fail, Elon Musk ends up further away than he currently is