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\nOn a cosmic scale, Mercury isn’t very far away, but it's incredibly hard to get there. Getting into orbit around it takes years of flybys in the solar system, but we're going to do it again!\nOn a cosmic scale, Mercury isn’t very far away, but it's incredibly hard to get there. Getting into orbit around it takes years of flybys in the solar system, but we're going to do it again!\n
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5:35
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12th - Higher Ed
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2019
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mercury, planets, scientists, years, gravity, time, fuel, space, speed
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make, science, figured, surface, fast, makes, planet, making, mission, physics, direct route, solar system, orbit, cruise, combination, earth, gravity assists, orbital mechanics, slow, problem, star, spacecraft, bepi columbo, compared, part, knew, closest
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