6 Giant ‘space slingshot’ set to launch NASA craft in 2022 revealed posted 2 years ago by aslan_is_0n_the_m0ve 2 years ago by aslan_is_0n_the_m0ve +6 / -0 16 comments share 16 comments share save hide report block hide replies
No --- you need the second push because the angle is wrong.
The orbital insertion push is at a different angle.
You have to --- go up --- then go sideways.
I understand why you say that. There is no orbit at all :( Not the way your thought experiment imagines it.
I should have left the statement you quoted out. It isn't a productive area of discussion.
I am trying to say that you can't get a useful orbit with a one push slingshot.
It is a matter of geometry.
I understand.
Actually, it's a matter of "spooky action at a distance" and it is all entirely nonsense.