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From: jb6l+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Steven Bigler)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Galileo question
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Date: 17 Nov 89 16:29:56 GMT
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Yes that is exactly what VEEGA stands for -- Venus/Earth/Earth Gravity
Assist. The Galileo probe is using this complex trajectory to assist it
towards Jupiter instead of using more fuel/energy for a direct flight to
the Jovian planet.

John Bigler
jb6l@andrew.cmu.edu