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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currently we are exploring the other planets in our system so it makes sense to go towards them .
yes we could go perpendicular to our system, but there’s a big advantage to using the gravity of our moon to help us sling out faster. and our probes that go out to the further plants again do the same with the planets as they swing by. its like a sailboat tacking across the wind, it ends up going faster sideways.
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