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RCAF Col Jeremey Hansen to orbit the moon in 2024
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Well played.
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A little background
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So I just read a few comments from people concerned about “what if they miss the lunar slingshot” (they are on a free return trajectory and never reach earth’s escape velocity). I understand orbital dynamics is “interesting,” but if you don’t have a clue you’re best bet is to keep it to yourself.
But then I saw a BBC story about “85 seconds” to “leave earth’s orbit.” They haven’t left earth’s orbit and never will, they have injected into a highly elliptical transfer orbit (what they should have said is they’ve left LOW earth orbit). So I guess it’s understandable lay people are saying stupid things when the BBC is as well.
But then I saw a BBC story about “85 seconds” to “leave earth’s orbit.” They haven’t left earth’s orbit and never will, they have injected into a highly elliptical transfer orbit (what they should have said is they’ve left LOW earth orbit). So I guess it’s understandable lay people are saying stupid things when the BBC is as well.
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This is the best part, once they come back and download the media were going to get 4K pictures and video of what Apollo 8 saw. Unbelievably cool.
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Well d’uh, somebody has to be.
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