From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com   
      
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   jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca says...   
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   > On 2021-07-27 06:43, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   >   
   > > It will take a longer flight time due to the need to do a Mars fly by   
   > > and then an Earth fly by.   
   >   
   >   
   > Thanks. I had read the post as going Falcon Heavy delaying launch.  Do   
   > This is about transit time after launch that will be longer. Correct?   
      
   Correct.  SLS could have sent Clipper directly to Jupiter.   
      
   The bigger issue here is that SLS might not have been available for   
   Clipper when it needed to launch.  Falcon Heavy is obviously available.   
   So, if Cliper was forced to launch on SLS (by Congress), we really don't   
   know when it would have launched.   
      
   Jeff   
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