Mars missions require launching during specific 26-month windows when Earth and Mars align, aiming at where Mars will be in 7 months, and following an elliptical orbital path that involves 7 months of coasting with engines off, followed by atmospheric entry with heat shields burning at 2,000 degrees, as space travel only allows orbital paths with precise timing and no shortcuts.
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Aim at empty space where Mars will be in 7 months. The launch window opens every 26 months when Earth and Mars align just right. Miss it and you wait over 2 years while the planets drift apart. The path is an arc, half an ellipse, reaching from Earth's orbit to meet Mars on the far side. Once you leave, there's no shortcut. 7 months of silence, engines off, carried only by momentum. Then arrival, the atmosphere hits, a heat shield burning at 2,000°.
7 minutes of terror. Every mission has followed this path. The same arc, the same long wait in the dark. Space doesn't give you straight lines, only orbits, timing, and one chance to get it right.
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