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I'm about 80% sure leni536 is right, from playing Kerbal Space Program.
by CompelTechnic 11y ago
I'm about 80% sure leni536 is right, from playing Kerbal Space Program.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoLet me guess: the wonderful experience of putting a satellite orbiting in the precisely opposite direction to the one required by contract, noticing that your orbital velocity at apoapsis is like ~200m/s and realizing that you have enough delta-v to just turn around and reverse the orbit on the spot?
- jheriko 11y agoi think you are right based on a similar feeling from that game, but be careful with that intuition. how much delta-v do you spend lifting the orbit so that lowering the periapse is cheap?
- TheLoneWolfling 11y agoFor large orbital changes, substantially less than the niave transfer.