EdenRester@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThe fastest ever human-made object keeps breaking its own speed recordwww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1253arrow-down1external-linkThe fastest ever human-made object keeps breaking its own speed recordwww.popsci.comEdenRester@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
The Parker Solar Probe’s new top speed could get you from NYC to LA in just 20 seconds. It’s not done yet.
minus-squareLinuxSBC@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoYes, the Oberth effect means that firing a rocket at the periapsis changes your orbit more than at any other point in the orbit.
Yes, the Oberth effect means that firing a rocket at the periapsis changes your orbit more than at any other point in the orbit.