iii@mander.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNASA landed on the moon, by shooting for the moonmessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down15
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareNASA landed on the moon, by shooting for the mooniii@mander.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 days agoYou actually have to shoot for where the moon will be
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-23 days 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-up10·3 days agoWell yeah, but I was trying to stick to the wording of the shower thought. We’ve all played Kerbal Space Program
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoI mean you only have to shoot to where it will be half way, moon will take care of the rest
You actually have to shoot for where the moon will be
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
I mean you only have to shoot to where it will be half way, moon will take care of the rest