Talk:Mariner 10

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[edit] Slingshot?

Regarding the comment that "was the first spacecraft to make use of a 'gravitational slingshot' maneouvre" - didn't Apollo 13 basically do the same thing - the moon is a satellite and not a planet, but it's still the same basic idea. --DMG413 03:28, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

actually it was the first to use the maneuver. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.246.204.154 (talk • contribs)

What was the difference between what the two did? How does what Apollo 13 not qualify? --DMG413 03:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

While apollo 13 cartianly changed dirrection it didn't really change it's speed. Our Gravitational slingshot article seems to indicate that the term can only be applied to interplanetry craft.Geni 14:38, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fate of Mariner 10

So what happened to this thing? Is it dead in orbit? Did it crash and burn up? 162.138.184.71 (talk) 21:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)