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Subject: interstellar probes
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 11:42:09 EDT
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From: king@Kestrel.ARPA

One way of getting close approaches to the planets and still not have
to decelerate is to have two probes; one would locate the planets and
radio the information to its parner, a MIRVed probe approximately a
year behind.  The second prob has to be MIRVed because there is little
chance of catching even two planets with one probe; gravitational
manouvering doesn't work at .20C.