masukuma wrote:it didn't work as expected
I remember the indian Mangalyaan mission that made it to Mars - getting that gravitation slingshot right is no mean feat!!
Overshoot to prove that it can go further into space
Quote:But Musk told reporters that Falcon Heavy can go much farther. He said the rocket could "launch things direct to Pluto and beyond; no stop needed. You don't even need a gravity assist."
The car might instead reach as far as the asteroid belt before being pulled back toward the Sun. All good data for Spacex
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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