So we can’t just do the same thing that we do to get something out of the solar system, but “in reverse”? Like a reverse/inverted slingshot? Use the inner planets to brake?
Or how about this, do a slingshot maneuver, but only a single one, that launches it softly straight outwards from one of the planets, in line with the sun. Then just wait until it loses momentum and starts falling straight into the sun. Would that take too long, maybe?
Like if we just dropped something into existence at 1 AU from the sun without any orbital momentum, how long would that object take to fall into the sun?
So we can’t just do the same thing that we do to get something out of the solar system, but “in reverse”? Like a reverse/inverted slingshot? Use the inner planets to brake?
Or how about this, do a slingshot maneuver, but only a single one, that launches it softly straight outwards from one of the planets, in line with the sun. Then just wait until it loses momentum and starts falling straight into the sun. Would that take too long, maybe?
Like if we just dropped something into existence at 1 AU from the sun without any orbital momentum, how long would that object take to fall into the sun?