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Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane?

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A spacecraft launched from earth will have a velocity
component equal to the earth's orbital velocity around
the sun (30 km/sec).

To place this spacecraft in an orbit perpendicular to the
plane of the solar system would require that this velocity
component be overcome.  This would require a LOT of fuel and
it seems that for this reason such a perpendicular orbit would
be unfeasible.

Is this correct?  Are all spacecraft then limited practically
to orbits that are within the plane of the solar system?

A separate question would be the reason why an orbit perpendicular
to the solar system plane would be useful.

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Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-07-13 16:59 +0000
  Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Oliver Jennrich <oliver.jennrich@gmx.net> - 2017-07-14 09:45 +0200
    Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-07-14 23:31 +0000

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