[joezydeco]

Don't forget that the mission planners figured out the "Grand Tour", calculating orbits and trajectories to slingshot around the Solar System. All with 1960s technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour_program

[JKCalhoun]

And scrambled to get two machines ready for the small window we had to take advantage of it.

[hydrogen7800]

I have a ~20 in x 30 in poster of the Grand Tour from this collection[0]. I considered printing the whole series, but not enough wall space.

[0] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/visions-of-the-future/

[joezydeco]

Okay those are pretty rad.