Oumuamua mission value versus New Horizon Pluto and Europa Clipper

Quote: "The mission slingshots around Jupiter and then does close flyby slingshot around the sun."

This makes no sense. The authors don't understand transfer orbits. It makes no sense to apply the energy required to get to Jupiter, to get a gravity assist, but then change direction and try to get a velocity boost from the sun (this places the departure path at right angles to Jupiter's orbital path, which cancels the gravity assist). The former makes no sense and the latter doesn't either, since the sun has no delta-v with respect to the desired target, therefore (because of energy conservation) any velocity gained while approaching the sun is exactly lost while leaving the sun's environs.

All this to catch up to what Occam's razor strongly suggests is a passing rock.

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