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A ballistic approach is enough so the kinematics are simple, too.
by emilfihlman 7y ago
A ballistic approach is enough so the kinematics are simple, too.
- extropy 7y agoThe gravity is only 3% up there, so more tricky. And reducing with square of the distance. Also every second you are accelerating straight up costs you gravity worth of Delta-v because gravity losses. So need to be quite short and intense burn to be worth it.
- emilfihlman 7y agoEh? You don't need to get sideways velocity at all. It's enough to only reach the distance. This is a major and huge saving in fuel.