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To: dfwgator

To get around Christie would require a half a tank of gas.

It’s called a slingshot maneuver. You let gravity accelerate you toward the larger object, then adjust your trajectory to angle away from the massive body with now added momentum.


47 posted on 12/04/2021 8:11:14 AM PST by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: Flick Lives

Rotfl.


50 posted on 12/04/2021 8:12:48 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Flick Lives
It’s called a slingshot maneuver. You let gravity accelerate you toward the larger object, then adjust your trajectory to angle away from the massive body with now added momentum.

Ahhh yes, just like Apollo 13.

60 posted on 12/04/2021 8:26:14 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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