Comment on NASA landed on the moon, by shooting for the moon

usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Actually you shoot horizontally along Earth’s equator, to increase your orbital speed until your apoapsis intersects the lunar sphere of gravitational influence.

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  • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well yeah, but I was trying to stick to the wording of the shower thought. We’ve all played Kerbal Space Program

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    • cholesterol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can this exchange be a certified Lemmy moment?

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• Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I mean you only have to shoot to where it will be half way, moon will take care of the rest

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