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		jheriko on April 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the sun is a poor dumping ground for nuclear w... i think you are right based on a similar feeling from that game, but be careful with that intuition. how much delta-v do you spend lifting the orbit so that lowering the periapse is cheap?

TheLoneWolfling on April 14, 2015 [–]

For large orbital changes, substantially less than the niave transfer.

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