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Originally Posted by Hugo Böse
Couldn´t you theoretically use gravity found in the destination solar system to help slow down, at least to some degree, for example by making flybys of gas giants or even the system´s sun?
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My knowledge of physics isn't sufficient to give an exact answer, but my best guess is that, if you were traveling at 1/10 the speed of light, you would have to pass uncomfortably close to a sun or a gas giant to slow down enough to be captured by its gravity, and even if you managed to pull that off, the G-forces would be so high that it would kill the crew. On the other hand, decelerating at a comfortable 1-G would provide an earth-like artificial gravity during the approach phase.
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