When wanting to exit our solar system, do we have to always go outward from the sun in the direction of the other planets? Or can we simply travel “north”?

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When wanting to exit our solar system, do we have to always go outward from the sun in the direction of the other planets? Or can we simply travel “north”?

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Our galaxy is a disc. While there’s some stuff above and below us most of the stars and planets are on roughly the same plane as we are.

Also I think it would be hard to go up or down in a straight line, as the momentum from traveling on the planet we’re leaving already pushes us in one direction