On 1/29/2018 9:58 PM, Caleuche wrote:

>   Now _/*that */_is spaceflight: Launch from Earth directly from the
> surface into trans-venus injection, aerocapture at Venus, lander descent
> to the surface, surface operations, ascent above the bulk of the
> atmosphere by balloon, a three stage SRB puts the sample into orbit,
> docking with the return vehicle in Venus orbit, a >400 day ion spiral
> out of Venus orbit and to trans-Earth Injection, followed by a high
> velocity return from interplanetary transfer at earth.

The last few years have given me an adjective for this:

Sounds very Kerbal.  :)

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