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
Trust me it does. Do a thought experiment with point masses.
Many years ago I helped port Space War to a Z80 computer. We played it on an ocilliscope.
You need two burns.
It doesn't.
I did, that's why I said it was entertaining! Thought experiment is in no way experiment, nor can it ever substitute for it! It is useful for hypothesis generation alone.
I understand why you say that.
OK, If you were on the top of Mt Everest and launched horizontally
you could get a one burn Mt Everest high orbit --- which is not very useful.
In actuality climbing the mountain would be the first burn and the horizontal burn would be the orbital insertion.
I understand your thought experiment.