Yup. And the cool part about "let's take our trash and ship it to the sun!" is that hitting the sun is very difficult. Lot less fuel is needed and easier aiming if you blast out to, say, Jupiters orbit, slow down , and then let the sun pull it in.

I'm guessing you're unfamiliar with orbital physics

Least interesting thing in the entire building. The early brass precision machinery, early lens grinding tools, static electricity generators, telescopes, microscopes, way way cooler than the piece of black beef jerky.