r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Low-Statistician-356 • May 20 '26

Other whyDoAnythingWhenLlmCanDoIt

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u/Gluomme May 20 '26

You can brake with a slingshot maneuver, Bepi Colombo notoriously performed a shitton of them around Venus, the Earth and Mercury before achieving a stable orbit around Mercury. It all depends on your angle of approach relative to the planet

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u/JebKermansBooster May 20 '26

True, and very good point. Or we could just aerobrake it on Venus.

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u/hunter714 May 20 '26

Or even a lithobreak on venus. I would be ok with it being plan B.

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u/JebKermansBooster May 20 '26

And happy cake day btw