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scott <sco### [at] scott com> wrote:
> I thought the idea of the slingshot was that you wait until you are at
> maximum velocity near the planet/star and then fire your rockets
No. That's a so-called powered slingshot and it can boost the effect
of the slingshot. However, the slingshot effect can be achieved with
pure inertia, without firing any rockets.
> I didn't think about using movement of planets and stars as a slingshot.
Well, that's the whole idea. (The powered version is just a boost, but
not really the basic effect.)
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- Warp
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