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If you don’t aim for the moon, you’re gonna surely miss it. The number of orbital calculations you need to get right to land on the moon is bonkers /s.
by rednafi 1y ago
If you don’t aim for the moon, you’re gonna surely miss it. The number of orbital calculations you need to get right to land on the moon is bonkers /s.
- tough 1y agolmao true never played kerbal space tbh
- TeMPOraL 1y agoIf either of you did, you'd know it's false. Getting to the Moon (and back) by eyeballing the trajectory is a rite of passage for every KSP player. You launch for standard equatorial low orbit, then coast until the Moon is about 90 degrees to the right / behind you, and burn ahead until you run out of fuel in the second stage. This turns your orbit into an elongated ellipse, and as you get close to its far end, the Moon will catch up and capture you in its gravity well. When playing one of the non-sandbox aka. "progression" modes, i.e. "career" or "science", the trajectory planning tools are locked behind an expensive upgrade, effectively forcing you to do your first Moon fly-by this way.
- tough 1y agodamn it this is peak hn ty i shall pass that rite of passage some day and eyeball my way to the moon