re: how about the Sun?

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phil — 3/8/2006 7:39:31 PM (archived)

Good point. That double grav assist was done with Ulysses if I recall correctly. May I suggest that the sun gravitational assist flyby be done at night to save weight and complexity on spacecraft cooling systems.

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The Innovative Interstellar Explorer (IIE) - ljk - 3/7/2006 10:33:00 PM
- Why is there a launch window? - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 5:18:26 AM
  - Jupiter gravity assist plus aim point - alcaray - 3/8/2006 6:07:28 PM
  - re: why is there a lauch window - Sawyer - 3/8/2006 2:16:12 PM
  - That is one potential plan - ljk - 3/8/2006 12:24:48 PM
    - how about the Sun? - Daniel - 3/8/2006 4:05:37 PM
      - re: how about the Sun? - phil - 3/8/2006 7:39:31 PM
        
        recycling is fun - Daniel - 3/9/2006 3:58:54 AM
        
        Ulysses used Jupiter to do a massive orbital plane change - Larry J - 3/8/2006 10:20:21 PM
        
        inner planets - daniel - 3/9/2006 4:03:57 AM
        
        re: how about the Sun? - REB - 3/8/2006 8:12:16 PM
        
        ROFLMAO :D (n/t) - Lee - 3/8/2006 8:07:09 PM
        
        Guess I'm the only one who got it. (n/t) - Lee - 3/9/2006 7:55:55 PM
        
        More online references for the IIE - ljk - 3/20/2006 9:10:08 PM

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