– Okay, so the solar system is hurtling through space at around 200km/s and by extension so are the planets. I get that we can launch a rocket and land it on another planet, but does this mean that the rocket would also be travelling at approx 200km/s as well?

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And additionally, would it ever be possible to launch something into deep space and get entirely left in the dust by the solar system whizzing by? Completely untethered from its gravity?

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the solar system is travelling at 200km/s RELATIVE to the center of the milky way galaxy. so yes if the rocket is stationary relative to someone in the solar system, then it is also moving 200km/s relative to the center of the galaxy