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Anonymous   09-25-2004 at 03:40:29 PM

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Does anyone have an answer to this question? Thanks.
For a flight to Mars, a rocket is launched in the direction the earth is
moving in its orbit about the sun. For a flight to Venus, it is launched
in the direction opposite of the earth's orbit. Why??

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Anonymous   09-25-2004 at 09:24:48 PM
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Tmorri wrote:
>
> Does anyone have an answer to this question? Thanks.
> For a flight to Mars, a rocket is launched in the direction the earth is
> moving in its orbit about the sun. For a flight to Venus, it is launched
> in the direction opposite of the earth's orbit. Why??

Cite please, and more importantly, why not/who cares?

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Anonymous   09-25-2004 at 09:24:49 PM
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One possible reason comes to mind: Venus is in an orbit CLOSER to the
sun than the earth is.Therefore opposing trajectory launch.Mars is in an
orbit FARTHER from the sun than earth,therefore an inline trajectory
launch.

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