Is wiki wrong about MEA?
Fragment of a discussion from Talk:Maximum Escape Angle
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No. It is always easier to go by a straight line but for example you've calculated a MEA of Pi radians. Going directly doesn't help because even if we arrived earlier than the orbital one, the wave could hit. I'll make some calculations to be sure that it is true with smaller angles too.
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