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The math isn’t really the main limiting factor to getting close to stars.
Learning math is what makes you realize that
Yeah - sunscreen is like, way more important.
Yeah but a little bit of meth and you’ll surely figure it out.
but you need to have significant math skills to even understand physics in general.
No. physics is generalized to algebra, you don’t need to know a lot of math to learn physics. Having more math will allow you to do more complicated problems and understand concepts the way it was discovered, but it isn’t limited to those who know calculus.
Nah, the math used in physics is just a tiny tiny part of wider math.
Do not cite to me the deep maths, witch. I was there when it was written.
That or the right job application and a lot of propellant and oxidizer - but seriously, don’t do that. It didn’t end well for Icarus. Gravitationally-driven open-core fusion reactors are best admired from a safe minimum distance.
lot of propellant and oxidizer
You can only realistically get close to one of them that way.
You are better off studying plasma containment fusion. And that’s a fuckton of math.
Oh no. You can get close to any star of your choosing with only minuscule amounts of reaction mass if you start out in vacuum away from significant gravity wells - eventually. Granted, the star in question may or may not have gone supernova or collapsed into a black hole by the time you arrive, but I doubt that’ll make a lot of difference to the person doing it at that point.
With that said, I’m not about to discourage anybody from taking an interest in fusion of the up-close-and-personal-kind. And if people aren’t into the math of Magnetohydrodynamics? Well, first off, sucks to be them, but second: Then donate to the cause to pay those who are. Fusion is fucking awesome, and we desperately need it.
…safe maximum distance.
FTFY.
Fair.
Eh, I remember just googling space stuff and absorbing info and that alone had enough dopamine. My world was so small before I got access to the internet, when I was a kid, I had a children’s book about science stuff, stars, but they barely had much info. Internet access was so magical. Unlimited information.
Nah, just take a positional average and you’re pretty much in the middle of one!
Only if you weight by mass. Or orbit. Or volume.
Welp I guess on average we’re all deep fried.
And then Kerbal Space Program too had to go be a cash grab.
At least we have kitty space program
KSP 2 was a cash grab, but KSP 1 is still a very good experience.
I love KSP 1,but it has gotten a bit stale with the years and playtime. I was 3 days from buying KSP2 when they shut down, lucky me.
I kept reading stairs but yeah both I guess
Easier to reach the stars with meth, not math.
Artists can get intimately acquainted with them anytime.
I thought they meant movie stars and meant you could only get near them by becoming an engineer. I’m… not that smart at certain hours of the day.
In my experience being an engineer keeps them further away
this is the third time I’m seeing this meme and it took me until now to properly understand as well
I interpreted this to mean that you need to learn a lot of math in order to have a career in astronomy. I don’t think OP thought it was possible to actually go to the star and math was the limiting factor.
This requires lots of Physics. The math required is relatively minimal.
Tell that to the aerospace engineers working on spaceships
Same thing with video games
Just define “star” to include Earth, then you’re already very close to one!
reading that as “stairs” was hella confusing for a solid minute.
Municipal development guy here.
You’d be amazed how many contractors and architects have issues with stair math.
🤭I did read meth
