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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I’ve read that many deep-space probes used Jupiter’s gravity to “slingshot” them. Pass by close enough, but not too close, and you whip around.