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| Sep 27, 2019 at 12:33 | comment | added | Pierre Cathé | Nitpick : you don't get energy for free in gravity assists, when you do a gravity assist from e.g. Jupiter, you're actually stealing speed from Jupiter, making its orbit slightly tighter. It's not a problem if you do it occasionnaly, but it might get dangerous when you start moving small moons around | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 20:05 | comment | added | Arkenstein XII | Consider the Interplanetary Transport Network. If you are willing to wait years for your goods to make their way across the solar system, transport can cost very little indeed. | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 19:10 | history | edited | Halfthawed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 26, 2019 at 18:49 | history | answered | Halfthawed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |