From: utzoo!decvax!duke!CSvax:Pucc-H:Physics:crl@pur-ee.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Title: Re: Pioneer 10 leaves solar system - (nf)
Article-I.D.: pur-phy.751
Posted: Mon May  2 13:05:12 1983
Received: Tue May 17 07:15:51 1983

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#R:utzoo:-292900:pur-phy:11400001:000:343
pur-phy!crl    May  2 09:39:00 1983

I disagree with the statement that a craft is interstellar when
it reaches the sun's escape velocity.  It could always brake to go
into some planetary orbit couldn't it?  Analogously, would we consider
the APOLLO missions interplanetary just because they exceeded earth's
escape velocity?

Charles LaBrec
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purdue!Physics:crl