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A comment on NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying. Parent comment

Re:NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying by ragebol on Saturday November 30, 2024 @02:54PM (#42283611)
More mass means more fuel means more speed?
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Re:NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying by ben_w on Saturday November 30, 2024 @03:03PM (#42283675)
More fuel may mean longer duration missions rather than getting to the destination faster.

Or the same duration mission with a more massive payload that can both do more and report more.

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