Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane?

From	"F. Russell" <fr@random.info>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane?
Date	2017-07-13 18:45 +0000
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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 18:45 +0000
  Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-13 21:18 +0200
  Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2017-07-13 13:32 -0700
    Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-07-13 21:15 +0000
      Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Serg io <invaalid@invalid.com> - 2017-07-13 16:22 -0500
        Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Serg io <invaalid@invalid.com> - 2017-07-13 16:33 -0500
          Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-07-14 00:14 +0000
            Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Serg io <invaalid@invalid.com> - 2017-07-13 19:46 -0500
            Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 07:30 +0200
              Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-07-14 09:03 +0000
                Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 12:21 +0200
            Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2017-07-14 08:10 -0400
              Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-07-14 23:14 +0000
                Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-15 11:04 +0200
                Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-15 11:23 +0200
                Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-15 13:34 +0200
                Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-07-15 12:55 +0000
                Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-15 15:18 +0200
                Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-15 16:14 +0200
      Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2017-07-13 19:26 -0700
        Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2017-07-14 09:11 +0000
          Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 04:09 -0700
            Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 05:22 -0700
              Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 06:33 -0700
            Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-07-14 07:30 -0700
              Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 08:05 -0700
                Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Serg io <invaalid@invalid.com> - 2017-07-14 11:50 -0500
      Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 06:43 +0200
  Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "Dave" <dave1981@hotmail.com> - 2017-07-15 07:10 -0700
    Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2017-07-15 16:18 +0200
  Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2017-07-15 13:56 -0700
    Re: Are Space Flights Always Limited to the Solar System Plane? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2017-07-15 17:16 -0700

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