3 ms·
> Our current design is capable of just over 1 year of continuous propulsive operation. > (...) would likely drain a significant amount of life out of the Droi
by enriquto 5y ago
> Our current design is capable of just over 1 year of continuous propulsive operation.
> (...) would likely drain a significant amount of life out of the Droid on a single mission
These two sentences are contradictory.
Unless by "continuous propulsive operation" you mean something that is, confusingly, not continuous propulsive operation.
- curtainsforus 5y agoUnless it's using a low-thrust-high-efficiency drive such that significant inclination changes take a year.
- mrlowlevel 5y agoUnless of course the maneuver takes a significant part of a year
- zamadatix 5y agoThey are not contradictory you've just removed the context explaining why they wouldn't put said inefficient thing in a mission plan. There are plenty of objects to clean up without having to shift your orbital inclination so drastically.