iii to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoNASA landed on the moon, by shooting for the moonmessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down14
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareNASA landed on the moon, by shooting for the mooniii to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-28 hours agoActually you shoot horizontally along Earth’s equator, to increase your orbital speed until your apoapsis intersects the lunar sphere of gravitational influence, at just the right moment for the moon to catch you.
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 hours agoWell yeah, but I was trying to stick to the wording of the shower thought. We’ve all played Kerbal Space Program
Actually you shoot horizontally along Earth’s equator, to increase your orbital speed until your apoapsis intersects the lunar sphere of gravitational influence, at just the right moment for the moon to catch you.
Well yeah, but I was trying to stick to the wording of the shower thought. We’ve all played Kerbal Space Program