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How do you plan a trip through the Solar System? What are the orbital mechanics tools that can be used for that? How can all that be used to intercept an interstellar visitor like Oumuamua?

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• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00:01:15 Orbital mechanics

• 00:08:50 Planning missions to outer planets

• 00:11:15 Special orbits

• 00:14:40 Gravitational assists

• 00:20:45 Going to the Sun

• 00:24:40 Lowest energy highways

• 00:27:44 Going to asteroids

• 00:34:10 Intercepting interstellar objects

• 00:41:07 Propulsion systems

• 00:52:40 What would a realistic mission look like

• 01:00:30 Interstellar sample return

• 01:03:14 Galactic orbits

• 01:07:37 Outro

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