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[–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

It seems like that wouldn’t be more fuel efficient.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago

    Orbital mechanics is fun like that. To over simplify things, you would have to cancel out the speed we travel around the sun or you would have to add speed to get to the high orbit Jupiter has. It actually takes less energy to escape the pull of the sun than it does to send something to the sun.

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