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One point is left out from this calculation: what's the reference point we're at a "full stop" from? Aren't you always orbiting something when in space (howeve
by franky47 4y ago
One point is left out from this calculation: what's the reference point we're at a "full stop" from?
Aren't you always orbiting something when in space (however large or distant)? If you were to kill your orbital (lateral) velocity, you'd only be gaining radial velocity by being pulled towards the orbiting body, some form of thrust would be needed to compensate that.
TL;DR: can you really be "at a full stop" in space?
- falcolas 4y agoA very good point. Even if you're at a "full stop" in the frame of reference of the average of the local stellar bodies, those dust particles (asteroids, planetoids, etc) the deflector is used for aren't necessarily.
- 323 4y agoYou could consider the start point (roughly) as the reference point. Or the destination point.