ikanreed wrote: Could a FoFu 1 generate enough power to reach escape velocity from Jupiter’s gravity well? I know conventional rockets wouldn’t be able to manage the lift.
It’d have to be “touch and go”… like an unsuccessful aerobraking maneuver.
That way you’d keep most of your orbital velocity and could use a high efficiency in-space drive.
The question is how deep would you have to dive into the mostly-hydrogen exosphere to be able to scoop up usable amounts of helium.
Be a wild trip to pilot…
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