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'We thought it was impossible:' Water frost on Mars discovered near Red Planet's equator (www.space.com)
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[โ€“] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

You only need enough energy to get it down to the orbit of Venus, plus a little bit extra for some gravity assists around Venus and Jupiter. Those will shoot it to the edge of the solar system where a tiny bit of thrust will kill the remaining angular momentum and let it fall back into the sun.
Oh, and it will take a century.