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Indeed - the early astronauts' stick-and-rudder flying skills and physical and mental stamina get a lot of appreciation, less than their MIT rocket science PhD'
by stmw 8y ago
Indeed - the early astronauts' stick-and-rudder flying skills and physical and mental stamina get a lot of appreciation, less than their MIT rocket science PhD's that led to practical conclusions e.g.: "From the above conclusions, the first guiding rule for initiating the transition from the waiting orbit to the intercept trajectory can be formulated: Simply stay in the waiting orbit until the target reaches the angle 3 from the local vertical, then apply the nominal deltaV in the direction a."
- AceyMan 8y agoI find this interesting, >Simply stay in the waiting orbit until the target reaches the angle 3 from the local vertical [...] On terrestrial flight (airplanes) the standard approach to landing glidepath is 3°, while the standard rate turn is 3°/sec (a "two minute turn") — I wonder if 3 degrees is some magic value in flight dynamics, perhaps determined by our local (Eatths's) gravitational force (G). /Acey Disclaimer: I haven't read Buzz's thesis, so this is purely an off the cuff observation.