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We use planets' gravity to slingshot probes and spacecraft and increase their speed. Would it be possible to slingshot back and forth between the moon and earth for example or two much larger bodies so as to potentially double this speed or is it capped by gravitational (or other) constraints?

by /u/ramblerandgambler in /r/askscience

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