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More like Spider-Man slinging a web onto a bus or train to get going.

Plus you can also approach the planet from the other side and use it for braking or changing orbital planes.

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How many "levels' of Biology are you an expert in. For example if you are an expert in Viruses and virus-cell interactions do you also know how those cells work and do you have to know how every bit of biology/chemistry in the cell works? What level of abstraction is permissible?

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Have you heard about the Electrical Universe theories? The ones about the heliopause being a plasma double layer are particularly interesting. Is this quakery? What instruments would you have to figure out what is going on out there?

Also did you need to get permission to do an AMA or are you a Caltech employee and they have different standards than NASA.