Re: [TML] Juno and Gas Giant Skimming shadow@xxxxxx 05 Jul 2016 23:28 UTC

On 5 Jul 2016 at 11:27, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:

> The other thought that came to mind is that for a gravitic-capable
> spacecraft, the options would be different. You could approach from
> over the pole, like Juno did... and brake to a stop, then slowly drop
> into the polar atmo and leave. You don't need to make orbit so long as
> you have contragrav or enough thrust to hover and break away.

Well, with Jupiter, that means that you need more than 3g of manuever
drive. Or be willing to take a *long* time using CG to get far enough
out for the gravity to be less than  your M-drive.

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