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The context of my statement/question was definitely "given the precision that can be achieved with available precision" and not with an arbitrary imprecise cons
by vidanay 6y ago
The context of my statement/question was definitely "given the precision that can be achieved with available precision" and not with an arbitrary imprecise constant in the calculations. As you say, the mechanical aspect of the launch and transfer orbit insertion is going to be several orders of magnitude more imprecise than the mathematical goal - that is what the mid-course corrections are for (aka the difference between theory and reality)
- CydeWeys 6y agoThe comment I was originally responding to said "Has anybody needed more [digits in pi] than 3.14?" and "NASA's rocket trajectories are less precise than [one part in a thousand]", both of which I take issue with. You then stepped in to defend those statements against my objections. I'm glad it turns out you don't actually agree with those statements, but hopefully you can see my confusion.