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Bullet goes about 1.2 km/s at best. New Horizons is going ~14 km/s relative to Pluto. That's a heck of an impact to survive. You could do it on Earth by braking
by jccooper 11y ago
Bullet goes about 1.2 km/s at best. New Horizons is going ~14 km/s relative to Pluto. That's a heck of an impact to survive. You could do it on Earth by braking in the atmosphere, but there's not a lot of that on Pluto.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoIf you were trying to land, you would use a different trajectory that doesn't result in you traveling 14 km/s to Pluto?
- ebetica 11y agoThat would take a while to get there.