iii@mander.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNASA landed on the moon, by shooting for the moonmessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down14
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareNASA landed on the moon, by shooting for the mooniii@mander.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days agoActually you shoot horizontally along Earth’s equator, to increase your orbital speed until your apoapsis intersects the lunar sphere of gravitational influence.
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-squarecholesterol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoCan this exchange be a certified Lemmy moment?
Actually you shoot horizontally along Earth’s equator, to increase your orbital speed until your apoapsis intersects the lunar sphere of gravitational influence.
Well yeah, but I was trying to stick to the wording of the shower thought. We’ve all played Kerbal Space Program
Can this exchange be a certified Lemmy moment?