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In a previous thread we established that manned missions would not be able to safely go inside the Europan orbit. So how would the spacecraft enter the Jovian system with orbiting in mind? Arthur C. Clarke had the Leonov entering Jovian orbit via aerobraking. In <i>2001</i> (movie version), I suspect the Discovery would have used its engines in a maneuver similar to what Galileo used in real life. Both of the fiction options would take the spacecraft inside the deadly region we have to avoid.<br /><br />So could we enter the system using flybies of the outer moons? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>