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Ok, read TFA now. It sounds like they need to dump energy from the reaction wheels. Maybe they can do this by inducing a spin, rotating 180 on a different axis
by snovv_crash 5y ago
Ok, read TFA now. It sounds like they need to dump energy from the reaction wheels. Maybe they can do this by inducing a spin, rotating 180 on a different axis then cancelling the spin?
- FeepingCreature 5y agoYou can't cheat conservation of momentum, no matter how cleverly you move your spacecraft. That's why all the solutions involve expelling reaction mass. (Or, in the case of solar wind, interacting with an external force.)