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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by everdev on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:15PM (#16326065)
True, but it's not like you have to hit an object head on, but merely pass within it's gravitational field which is far bigger.
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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:18PM (#16326109)
Pass within its gravitational field at a slow enough relative speed for capture. Remains exceeeeeeedingly unlikely.
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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by everdev on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @06:59PM (#16329064)
Nonetheless people are asking SpaceX for data to calculate the probability because they seem to think it's higher than 0 because of the unplanned trajectory.
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