[a9h74j]

> the retro burn won’t slow you down, and you’re flying into deep space.

Came here with the same question: But can it stop?

> if I were to leave Earth orbit

Tangential or off-topic, but there must be some potential to send semi-autonomous avatar robots, with on-Earth help with perceptual interpretation and executive control. Yet another counterfactual "if only the manned space budget had been spent on that" question.

[zeristor]

Perhaps it could be guided by ChatGPT which just hallucinates the navigational trajectory burn?