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Source: I am a rocket scientist.

There are rocket scientists in the Wharf now?

I heard they are trying to diversify away from financial services.

Biodegradable

Not in space, it isn't. There's no bio...

Parklife

I cant even.

Biodegradable innit. Seriously though

Not serious.

I can never tell these days

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Get ready for all the "I can't be a racist I'm 0.00000000000000000001% black myself" retorts.

boss post!

Source: I am a rocket scientist.

Translation: I've played Kerbal Space Program

You don't understand.

Yes there's enough energy to do it once, not repeatedly.

If you're on Earth, or in it's orbit, you can expend a large amount of thrust to start moving in 1 direction, but to move in completely the opposite direction requires an equal amount of thrust. So a Saturn V to get you going, but then another Saturn V when you want to go backwards. You could wait until the planets literally align and only do it when Mars and the Sun are in a straight line for the majority of the flight time.

I'm not one any more. Uni innit. Still hold the qualification though.

you can expend a large amount of thrust to start moving in 1 direction, but to move in completely the opposite direction requires an equal amount of thrust

Twice as much surely. One Saturn V to start it moving, the second to stop it, and a third to get it moving in the other direction.

Sorry, I am in a food coma post lunch.

We can estimate that the it'll take somewhere in the region of 12-13km/s of delta-v to get the Tesla into an orbit out as far as Mars (not an orbit around Mars, merely having an apoapsis crossing Mars' orbit).

An orbit reaching the sun would take around 25km/s of delta-v.

Effectively if you could replace the Tesla on it's final orbit, with another fully laden Falcon Heavy (the rocket that launched the Tesla), you would be able to reach the sun.

Now imagine how many Falcon Heavy rockets would be required to launch a Falcon Heavy (over 1000 times heavier than the Tesla) as opposed to the Tesla.

Even an unladen Saturn V wouldn't be able to crash itself into the sun (without a couple of gravity assists at least. Which are ruled out for the Tesla at this point).

Is there a badge?

It's a Mountain Dew bottle with an arrow through it to signify all the neckbeards who thought they were super smart but then didn't make it on to the course.

Also Mick ^^ is cleverererer than me and I think probably paid more attention at uni

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Mountain Dew bottle with an arrow through it

A katana, surely

What is this Kerbal Space Program and should I be playing it?

teleports behind you

nothing personal, kid.

unladen Saturn V

African or European?

#wouldRep

So, real life is never going to be like Futurama?