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No this is not how orbital mechanics work. You need to escape the earth's gravity completely to go to the sun. In order to go tot the moon you don't. The "Just
by GekkePrutser 5y ago
No this is not how orbital mechanics work. You need to escape the earth's gravity completely to go to the sun. In order to go tot the moon you don't.
The "Just point at it and keep going" doesn't work in an orbital system. Here's a nice delta-V map that explains it a bit more: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1ktjfi/deltav_map_of_the_solar_system/ https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1ktjfi/deltav_map_of...