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Is the moon's escape velocity too great for catapult? Of corpse, we'll need sufficient margin of error to avoid corpsessler syndrome. Edit: this is also in po
by ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
Is the moon's escape velocity too great for catapult?
Of corpse, we'll need sufficient margin of error to avoid corpsessler syndrome.
Edit: this is also in poor taste.
- AaronM 3y ago1.87km/s to reach low moon orbit https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/29861/how-easy-is-it-to-take-off-from-the-moon#:~:text=1%20Answer&text=The%20amount%20of%20delta%2DV,of%20your%20vehicle%20is%20fuel https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/29861/how-easy-is-...).
- techdragon 3y agoBut don’t forget that the majority of low lunar orbits are not stable due to the sub surface mass concentrations which make the moon’s gravity “lumpy enough” that it pulls you off course unless you either use one of the few stable orbits or actively use fuel to maintain a desired orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronomy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronomy)