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xeger / kos-ramp

Relatively Adequate Mission Planner: a rudimentary, scriptable autopilot for kOS.
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There is no "Return from a moon" script #15

Open fellipec opened 6 years ago

fellipec commented 6 years ago

"We have to go back" - SHEPPARD, Jack

boiler1 commented 6 years ago

This needs a hyperbolic trajectory parallel to the moon's retrograde. The escape velocity must be greater than the moon's escape velocity. For the Mun, it is about 135 degrees from retrograde, with an escape velocity of approximately 850 m/s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity