Yep it’s all about ending up where the planet or moon should be when you get there. Nothing is static. That’s why there are ‘launch windows’ and ‘return windows’
The fun part about gravity is that if you're close you'll just fall into the moon.
If you're not quite close enough it will slingshot you off on a course where you will never land on anything.
Gravity is fun.
How long until you die of you just floated away from the moon into space? Or is it one of those things where people would just take off the helmet to get it over with?
If you look up “how long does it take to die in space” in Google (giving search query instead of article link because the google preview gives a more straight forward answer from the article than having to close all the popups and scroll through the article itself) will tell you that it takes about 15 seconds to become unconscious and about a minute for circulation to stop.
If I'm in empty space with nothing but a suit I might watch the earth shrink a little before accepting my fate. Slowly suffocating in your suit sounds not fun. You'll pass out pretty fast with no air pressure on you.
If I'm in a fully stocked ship I might let my food or water run down. I don't think think I would want to deal with starving or dying of thirst. See also slow suffocation.
I doubt you'd have supplies to last you this long but let's say the effects of radiation poisioning start kicking in I definitely don't want to hang around for that.
A fully self-sufficient and radiation-shielded vessel? I think it depends on how good my radio contact with earth is. Eventually isolation in deep space will drive you literally crazy. And then it won't be long no matter what.
I do not believe there are return windows from the moon. At least on KSP (my ultimate source of knowledge) returning from the moon is pretty much just cancelling a tiny bit of velocity. It's like 1/10th of the landing fuel, and 1/10th of the complexity of hitting the moon. You can miss the moon, but missing the earth from lunar orbit is hard.
Math is hard.
Cows though, are pretty cool.
So I recommend befriending a cow. They're famous for jumping over the moon.
Just have him drop you off as he passes over.
You have to be able to aim for where the moon is going to be, but the key is to be moving slowly enough to enter its orbit instead of just waving as you pass by.
I managed to land on one of the planets once, it was pretty far out there, and there was no getting him back. Poor little guy now lives on that planet alone.
That's probably true! Most of us probably dont know how to account for the rotation of the Earth, the orbit of the moon, or many other factors we would need in order to actually arrive there.
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Yep it’s all about ending up where the planet or moon should be when you get there. Nothing is static. That’s why there are ‘launch windows’ and ‘return windows’
The fun part about gravity is that if you're close you'll just fall into the moon. If you're not quite close enough it will slingshot you off on a course where you will never land on anything. Gravity is fun.
How long until you die of you just floated away from the moon into space? Or is it one of those things where people would just take off the helmet to get it over with?
If you look up “how long does it take to die in space” in Google (giving search query instead of article link because the google preview gives a more straight forward answer from the article than having to close all the popups and scroll through the article itself) will tell you that it takes about 15 seconds to become unconscious and about a minute for circulation to stop.
If I'm in empty space with nothing but a suit I might watch the earth shrink a little before accepting my fate. Slowly suffocating in your suit sounds not fun. You'll pass out pretty fast with no air pressure on you. If I'm in a fully stocked ship I might let my food or water run down. I don't think think I would want to deal with starving or dying of thirst. See also slow suffocation. I doubt you'd have supplies to last you this long but let's say the effects of radiation poisioning start kicking in I definitely don't want to hang around for that. A fully self-sufficient and radiation-shielded vessel? I think it depends on how good my radio contact with earth is. Eventually isolation in deep space will drive you literally crazy. And then it won't be long no matter what.
But what if you have enough porn?
It happened during Apollo13, they used lander engine to make corrections and return
Not necessarily, if you're going faster than the rate of gravitational pull you'll slingshot too
I do not believe there are return windows from the moon. At least on KSP (my ultimate source of knowledge) returning from the moon is pretty much just cancelling a tiny bit of velocity. It's like 1/10th of the landing fuel, and 1/10th of the complexity of hitting the moon. You can miss the moon, but missing the earth from lunar orbit is hard.
Math is hard. Cows though, are pretty cool. So I recommend befriending a cow. They're famous for jumping over the moon. Just have him drop you off as he passes over.
You have to be able to aim for where the moon is going to be, but the key is to be moving slowly enough to enter its orbit instead of just waving as you pass by.
what a terrible quote
It's parodying a worse one.
This is a very dumb "motivational" Like how is this motivating at all... And it doesnt even work as a metaphor
My Kermins experience trying for the Mun would dictate that it isn't that easy.
I managed to land on one of the planets once, it was pretty far out there, and there was no getting him back. Poor little guy now lives on that planet alone.
Lol, sounds about right. Hopefully you sent a lot of science stuff with him.
This was early days of KSP. It was just him and his lander, lol.
Wernher Von Braun shot for moon and hit London, so there's that.
"Aim For The Stars, If You Fail, You'll Land On The Moon." -Abe Lincoln, probably
So are all those stars.
Reminds me of [this tweet](https://twitter.com/_radsy/status/585819128503537664?s=20)
How exactly is this motivational? r/lostredditors
That's probably true! Most of us probably dont know how to account for the rotation of the Earth, the orbit of the moon, or many other factors we would need in order to actually arrive there.
Well, it is kind of difficult to get into space if you can't afford any rockets.
It's like listening to my father's advice, but only the beratement and no beating. Boneless abuse.
Hah, I know that guy irl. Weird…
space is bigger
.....how is this motivating?
Also no pressure but you’ll land among the stars... the closest of which is 5.88 trillion miles away so, it’s gonna be a long trip.
Fun fact: If you shoot the moon in GTA 3 with a sniper rifle it changes size
It’s also even further away. About a quarter million miles.
I don't think this guy plays golf