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Dune: The Bene Gesserit and the Spacing Guild

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How to Calculate the Path of a Spacecraft

Gravity is the most important of these forces in familiar interplanetary missions. But it doesn't even stop at gravity, you have to take radiation pressure into account. The deviation from expected acceleration was probably due to radiation pressure exerted by the power source on board the pioneer probe.

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