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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Like Voyager 1 and Ulysses you’d still launch on the ecliptic and then head out to Jupiter to use its gravity to fling you to the new inclination as this is far more efficient than trying to burn fuel to do it

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