Re: Too many ships on the dance floor
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:37 pm
You crash.SolkaTruesilver wrote:Wait, what happens if you lose velocity while in close orbit to the earth?
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You crash.SolkaTruesilver wrote:Wait, what happens if you lose velocity while in close orbit to the earth?
So, if you lose ennough velocity to lose the escape level, the atmosphere is going to constantly slow you down until you end up being too slow, and you then crash?Captain Seafort wrote:You crash.SolkaTruesilver wrote:Wait, what happens if you lose velocity while in close orbit to the earth?
That's exactly how they land. Notice they burn all that fuel to get to orbit, but almost none to come back? Because all you need to come back is to slow down a little and you nudge into the atmosphere. Friction takes you down from there.SolkaTruesilver wrote:So, if you lose ennough velocity to lose the escape level, the atmosphere is going to constantly slow you down until you end up being too slow, and you then crash?Captain Seafort wrote:You crash.SolkaTruesilver wrote:Wait, what happens if you lose velocity while in close orbit to the earth?
Quite depressing.
How many orbits are required to slow down to acceptable crashable speed?GrahamKennedy wrote: That's exactly how they land. Notice they burn all that fuel to get to orbit, but almost none to come back? Because all you need to come back is to slow down a little and you nudge into the atmosphere. Friction takes you down from there.
Depends how fast you want to drop.SolkaTruesilver wrote:How many orbits are required to slow down to acceptable crashable speed?GrahamKennedy wrote: That's exactly how they land. Notice they burn all that fuel to get to orbit, but almost none to come back? Because all you need to come back is to slow down a little and you nudge into the atmosphere. Friction takes you down from there.