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> You can turn a satellite by spinning up a flywheel and then reabsorbing the angular momentum when you reach the desired orientation. Wouldn't 2 of those allo
by 6510 4y ago
> You can turn a satellite by spinning up a flywheel and then reabsorbing the angular momentum when you reach the desired orientation.
Wouldn't 2 of those allow for 2 different centers of rotation. If so, we can just walk though space.
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- colanderman 4y agoNo, the center of rotation is always that of the full system. It's not relative to which flywheel happens to be spinning.