Since the Mars ESCAPADE launch was done in a year outside the Earth-Mars launch window, the twin spacecraft are in a trajectory that will bring them close to Earth at near escape velocity next year in the Earth-Mars window. They will perform a burn that takes advantage of the Oberth Effect.

ESCAPADE trajectory TMI-G

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It was one of the great honors of my life to meet Hermann Oberth, for whom the Oberth Effect was named, in 1986, at the dedication of Dr. William Pierce's National Alliance headquarters building.