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		dvh 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Interstellar Mission to a Black Hole Simply. You do Monte Carlo with the probes. You fire 1000 and one or two will have perfect trajectory so that no correction is needed.

gus_massa 40 days ago | [–]

I don't think 1000, or even 1000000 are enough if you use random directions. Space is <huge>huge</huge>. This has been posted here afew times https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem....

magnat 40 days ago | [–]

Did you, by any chance, play Outer Wilds recently?

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