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Conversely, this means that it's hard to find the optimal time of launch, since waiting would always provide a better launch in the future.
by rthomas6 14y ago
Conversely, this means that it's hard to find the optimal time of launch, since waiting would always provide a better launch in the future.
- wiredfool 14y agoWell, since most of the speed is from slingshot gravitational interactions, there's 2 parts to it. * How well are the planets aligned * How well can you exploit that Some of the current probes have done multiple flybys of inner solar system bodies to boost speed to reach the outer planets. Voyager 1 and 2 had a relatively direct route to take advantage of a once in a lifetime alignment of the outer planets.
- rthomas6 14y agoThat takes care of the optimization problem, then. :)