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I'm stuck on under pressure, I seem to not have enough delta V to land on mercury properly as I usually crash at around 200m/s
I've tried hitting Mercury at its apoapsis so the transfer there is cheaper but I enter Mercury too fast and spend too much fuel trying to land and run out of fuel and crash
I've also tried hitting Mercury at it's periapsis, but that takes more fuel and I still crash at around 100m/s. I also need a powered flyby at venus so that isn't good
I've tried multiple Mercury assists but I think they are wasting fuel as unless you get it exactly right, you have to spend around 100m/s to encounter Mercury again
so what do I need to do?
I've tried hitting Mercury at its apoapsis so the transfer there is cheaper but I enter Mercury too fast and spend too much fuel trying to land and run out of fuel and crash
I've also tried hitting Mercury at it's periapsis, but that takes more fuel and I still crash at around 100m/s. I also need a powered flyby at venus so that isn't good
I've tried multiple Mercury assists but I think they are wasting fuel as unless you get it exactly right, you have to spend around 100m/s to encounter Mercury again
so what do I need to do?