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Why doesn't NASA Launch a Space Probe Perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic?
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Because the solar escape velocity from Earth is 41 km/s, and we are barely able to reach those speeds, even with our fastest spacecraft. Parallel to the ecliptic, we can "cheat" by getting gravity assists from other planets.
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