That did not happen to the others who were jettisoned later. By then, Jupiter's gravity was too great and they went into a deteriorating Jupiter orbit eventually to burn up entering Luficer's corona.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Mystery Solved
Clark gave the answer to my quandary in the last post. Frank had broken loose from Discovery soon enough so that, instead of going into a high orbit around Jupiter, he kind of whiplashed off Jupiter and got catapulted out of the solar system. Of course, he was still orbiting the sun and his catapult wasn't that fast, so it took 1000 years for him to reach the edge of the solar system where he was found.
That did not happen to the others who were jettisoned later. By then, Jupiter's gravity was too great and they went into a deteriorating Jupiter orbit eventually to burn up entering Luficer's corona.
That did not happen to the others who were jettisoned later. By then, Jupiter's gravity was too great and they went into a deteriorating Jupiter orbit eventually to burn up entering Luficer's corona.
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