Asteroid-guided shortcut could slash Mars missions to 153 days
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Astronomers identified a rapid-transfer corridor using asteroid 2001 CA21 that could reduce Mars missions from seven-to-ten months to as little as 153 days, by aligning Earth–Mars opposition with the asteroid’s orbit and revealing two viable routes (153-day rapid path and 226-day feasible path) for future missions.
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