why it is much more difficult to send a satellite to the sun than it is to send it outside the solar system.

Question

A friend told me that with the current engineering we cannot send a satellite to the sun (just reaching it, not survival) because we would have to nullify the velocity of earth with respect to the sun. I’m not sure I understand and not sure if that is true.

In: Physics

Answer 1

If you’re still having trouble understanding it, this may help:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHvR1fRTW8g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHvR1fRTW8g)