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> You fire randomly in the horizontal plane Why randomly, if you're aiming for objects in an known orbit?
by overfeed 1y ago
> You fire randomly in the horizontal plane
Why randomly, if you're aiming for objects in an known orbit?
- ben_w 1y agoBecause you wrote: > with a decent spread and multiple orbit intersections per day. If you miss one — and you probably will without active guidance, imagine aiming said gun at an SUV seven time zones away — everything's in a different place by your next close approach. Your ball bearings and the target both, thanks to chaotic pertubations, boosts, drag, etc.