en ▁How ell , ▁and ▁other ▁scient ists ▁from ▁the ▁J PL ▁developed ▁the ▁L Tool ▁program ▁to ▁calculate ▁paths ▁near ▁Lag range ▁points ▁( IT N ▁paths ). ▁Comp ared ▁with ▁previous ▁methods , ▁L Tool ▁is ▁capable ▁of ▁predict ing ▁or bits ▁up ▁to ▁ 5 0 ▁times ▁faster . ▁They ▁used ▁this ▁tool ▁to ▁calculate ▁the ▁traject ory ▁for ▁the ▁Gen esis ▁mission ▁( 2 0 0 1 , ▁NASA ) ▁traject ory , ▁which ▁took ▁days ▁rather ▁than ▁ 8 ▁weeks . ▁The ▁traject ory ▁makes ▁use ▁of ▁gravit ational ▁t ugs ▁of ▁objects ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁the ▁space craft , ▁ens uring ▁minimal ▁fuel ▁use ▁on ▁the ▁return ▁journey . ▁They ▁called ▁this ▁traject ory ▁the ▁Inter plan et ary ▁Super high way . ▁L Tool ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁Disc over ▁In nov ation ▁Award . ▁ ▁Lo ▁appeared ▁in ▁Werner ▁Herzog ' s ▁film ▁The ▁Wild ▁Blue ▁Y onder ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁Rec ogn ition ▁Martin ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁NO GL ST P ▁L GB T Q ▁Scient ist ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁N omin ated ▁for ▁a ▁Disc over ▁In nov ation ▁Award ▁by ▁Disc over ▁magazine ▁for ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁Inter plan et ary ▁Super high way . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁mathemat icians ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁mathemat icians ▁Category : L GB T