Timeline for Will the Parker probe use aerobraking at Venus? If not, why not?
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| Nov 29, 2018 at 16:10 | comment | added | uhoh | @Jack if possible can you write that up as another answer? It's really important but I'm swamped and can put much time into writing right now. | |
| Nov 29, 2018 at 16:03 | comment | added | Jack | +1 Great data-based answer! I think it's worth noting how aerobraking compares to gravity assists in terms of their vectors. Sure, aerobraking can slow you down a lot if you can handle the heat, but it only slows you down relative to Venus. Gravity assists, on the other hand, leave you with the same relative speed to Venus, but change it relative to the Sun, which is what we want in Parker's case | |
| Nov 29, 2018 at 15:54 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 29, 2018 at 15:48 | history | answered | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |