Talk:BepiColombo

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How does it compare / relate to MESSENGER ?82.120.124.201 6 July 2005 03:58 (UTC)

[edit] Will the Craft be pointing the opposite direction to Travel?

I read this sentence... This drive will be especially tested by the unusual need to actually push against the direction of travel, instead of with it; the ship will be falling toward the sun, accelerated by its gravity, and will have to constantly fight to keep its velocity slow enough to eventually enter Mercury's orbit.... does this mean that the Ion Thruster Engine will actually be facing the Sun? (i.e. the Spacecraft being "the wrong way round"?) --Hibernian 17:26, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, though the drive will not necessarily facing the sun directly, it will be facing into its intended direction of travel. --Kaz 20:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC)