BananaOnionJuice comments on ELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?

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[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

When you do a free return trajectory around the moon, you first "fly" towards the moon, and then you "fly" away from the moon.