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From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Re: slingshot effect
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Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 22:16:24 EST
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> You
> gain speed from falling, loose mass from the burn, and loose less
> speed going out than coming in (assuming you stay out of atmosphere)
> since your mass is down.
> 
What?! WRONG! Neither Voyager nor Pioneer "burned" into the Jovian or
Saturn systems.  No significant mass loss.

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