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[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Still this approach seems wasteful. Just making it sufficiently far from the surface travelling in the right direction should be enough... As long as you aren't in a rush.

[-] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah it just depends on whether the goal is to launch the child into the sun or just in an orbit with a low periapsis

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