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Porkchop plot

101 points by davedx 7y ago

kensai 7y ago
The Slovenian page is less imaginative.
- okasaki 7y ago
  sk is Slovakian.
  - paulnechifor 7y ago
    I can see how somebody would think that "Slovenčina" means "Slovenian" though. (Slovenian is actually "Slovenščina".)
    - thrownblown 7y ago
      Have you seen their respective flags? SRSLY! these two nations could do LITTLE more to help curb the confusion.
fennecfoxen 7y ago
Oh, right, they have those in Kerbal Space Program. Well, not in the main part of the game, but if you install the MechJeb flight computer mod (one of the more popular ones) then you can generate these and plan your maneuvers. (It's a great add-on, and it does a lot to help turn the game from being Kerbal Rocket Simulator to actually being Kerbal Space Program.)
- rkagerer 7y ago
  Or if you don't want to install a mod, there's AlexMoon's Launch Window Planner [1] or KSPTot [2]. [1] https://alexmoon.github.io/ksp/ https://alexmoon.github.io/ksp/ [2] https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/33568-winmaclinux-ksp-trajectory-optimization-tool-v164-new-vehicle-sizing-tool/ https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/33568-...
mindcrime 7y ago
Was anybody else who wasn't already familiar with "Porkchop Plots" expecting this to be one of those weird medieval stories, that was a "plot" (to overthrow the king or something) that somehow involved pork chops? Or something like the Pig War of 1859[1]? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)
- dr_orpheus 7y ago
  Closest thing along those lines that came to mind was the Battle of Pork Chop Hill in the Korean war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill
- Kaibeezy 7y ago
  Made me think of the crazy chicken wing menu prices, solved by graphing - https://www.boredpanda.com/chicken-wing-pricing-structure-math-graps-formulas https://www.boredpanda.com/chicken-wing-pricing-structure-ma...
- sundarurfriend 7y ago
  I went to a TVTropes mindset and thought Porkchop plot was going to be a type of story plot, like Jigsaw Puzzle plot[1] or Kudzu plot[2]. [1] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JigsawPuzzlePlot https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JigsawPuzzlePlot [2] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KudzuPlot https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KudzuPlot
totalZero 7y ago
Did Johann Lambert put this together in 1761 with the expectation that it would be used for interplanetary travel? I can't imagine many other uses for this.
- yorwba 7y ago
  Lambert's work was concerned with the orbits of comets: http://www.kuttaka.org/~JHL/L1771e.html http://www.kuttaka.org/~JHL/L1771e.html I don't think he was thinking about applications like human spaceflight at that point.
  - totalZero 7y ago
    Comets! Of course. > I don't think he was thinking about applications like human spaceflight at that point. Haha that's an understatement. Yet I want to believe that he hoped someday we, too, would become comets.

Porkchop plot

101 points by davedx 7y ago

kensai 7y ago

The Slovenian page is less imaginative.

okasaki 7y ago
sk is Slovakian.
- paulnechifor 7y ago
  I can see how somebody would think that "Slovenčina" means "Slovenian" though. (Slovenian is actually "Slovenščina".)
  - thrownblown 7y ago
    Have you seen their respective flags? SRSLY! these two nations could do LITTLE more to help curb the confusion.

fennecfoxen 7y ago

Oh, right, they have those in Kerbal Space Program. Well, not in the main part of the game, but if you install the MechJeb flight computer mod (one of the more popular ones) then you can generate these and plan your maneuvers. (It's a great add-on, and it does a lot to help turn the game from being Kerbal Rocket Simulator to actually being Kerbal Space Program.)

rkagerer 7y ago
Or if you don't want to install a mod, there's AlexMoon's Launch Window Planner [1] or KSPTot [2]. [1] https://alexmoon.github.io/ksp/ https://alexmoon.github.io/ksp/ [2] https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/33568-winmaclinux-ksp-trajectory-optimization-tool-v164-new-vehicle-sizing-tool/ https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/33568-...

mindcrime 7y ago

Was anybody else who wasn't already familiar with "Porkchop Plots" expecting this to be one of those weird medieval stories, that was a "plot" (to overthrow the king or something) that somehow involved pork chops? Or something like the Pig War of 1859[1]? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)

dr_orpheus 7y ago
Closest thing along those lines that came to mind was the Battle of Pork Chop Hill in the Korean war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill
Kaibeezy 7y ago
Made me think of the crazy chicken wing menu prices, solved by graphing - https://www.boredpanda.com/chicken-wing-pricing-structure-math-graps-formulas https://www.boredpanda.com/chicken-wing-pricing-structure-ma...
sundarurfriend 7y ago
I went to a TVTropes mindset and thought Porkchop plot was going to be a type of story plot, like Jigsaw Puzzle plot[1] or Kudzu plot[2]. [1] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JigsawPuzzlePlot https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JigsawPuzzlePlot [2] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KudzuPlot https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KudzuPlot

totalZero 7y ago

Did Johann Lambert put this together in 1761 with the expectation that it would be used for interplanetary travel? I can't imagine many other uses for this.

yorwba 7y ago
Lambert's work was concerned with the orbits of comets: http://www.kuttaka.org/~JHL/L1771e.html http://www.kuttaka.org/~JHL/L1771e.html I don't think he was thinking about applications like human spaceflight at that point.
- totalZero 7y ago
  Comets! Of course. > I don't think he was thinking about applications like human spaceflight at that point. Haha that's an understatement. Yet I want to believe that he hoped someday we, too, would become comets.