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Mechjeb does a lot of automation for complex maneuvers like planetary transfers, ascent autopilot, target interception, etc.. You can even do a porkchop plot fo
by kanemcgrath 5mo ago
Mechjeb does a lot of automation for complex maneuvers like planetary transfers, ascent autopilot, target interception, etc..
You can even do a porkchop plot for interplanetary transfer.
but lagrange points are not possible in KSP because of the Sphere of Influence Model.
and orbital slingshots are not included, I assume because they require an intense bruteforce calculation.
- colechristensen 5mo agoAha ok! Ambition reignited, it's not that it's trivial but it's very possible to simulate these things and there are plenty of valid shortcuts. The "BMW" astrodynamics books I learned a large chunk of it from was published in 1971. "Sphere of influence" is a lot more "things you have to do with pen and paper" than things you're forced to do with modern computers.
- loganmhb 5mo agoThere’s a KSP mod called Principia which does some kind of n-body simulation in which Lagrange points do exist iirc.