Suppose a ship wants to enter a system, but it is approaching the system at a significant angle relative to the systems ecliptic plane. How might it maneuver into the ecliptic plane? I'm assuming no "magic physics." All the stories I've read/seen just ignore this problem.
Suppose a ship wants to enter a system, but it is approaching the system at a significant angle relative to the systems ecliptic plane. How might it maneuver into the ecliptic plane? I'm assuming no "magic physics." All the stories I've read/seen just ignore this problem.
I don't understand with a means of propulsion (and reverse propulsion) obviously available to such a ship why this would be anything but a trivial issue?