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You have to at least aerobrake enough on the first pass to get into some orbit, and it's preferable if the orbital period isn't a few months before you get the
by deciplex 11y ago
You have to at least aerobrake enough on the first pass to get into some orbit, and it's preferable if the orbital period isn't a few months before you get the second pass.
- sandworm101 11y agoIf you are returning from the moon, capture isn't the issue. You are already captured because the moon is captured. You are in a highly elliptical orbit around earth. So aerobraking is still an option, as opposed to the more violent aerocapture maneuver where it all has to happen in the first pass.
- deciplex 11y agoAh sorry I didn't pay enough attention :-( I thought we were talking about returning from Mars, not insertion into Earth orbit from the Moon.