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Dala  ·  2557 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There might not be a ‘Planet Nine’ after all

Depends on what you're trying to fly out of the solar system. A space probe? No problem, been there, done that, gonna do it again in a few years. A space ship? Again, not an issue because even the biggest ship we could build would still be tiny on the scale of the solar system. Now, if you've decided that you're taking Jupiter to go hang out in the TRAPPIST-1 system, you might have to brace for impact with a few little rocks on the way out. Of course, Jupiter can and has probably withstood worse.