If a spaceship with a powerful enough drive was launched outside a launch window, couldn't it just accelerate in the direction it needed to go in and cancel out its orbital velocity?
I admit this would probably take a crap-load of fuel to do wih current technology.
2007-11-09 14:42:32 · 3 answers · asked by Bob B 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
By the way, aman, if I translated your answer correctly, I don't think you get the point: I wanted to know if this is physically possible, not if it was economically viable.
2007-11-09 21:40:21 · update #1
You're right, it would work. But you're right, it would take a lot more fuel.
Rockets (no matter how powerful) just don't carry an unlimited amount of fuel, so using up fuel when its not the most economical flight means it would run out of fuel before it landed or returned to Earth.
2007-11-09 14:53:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As they say, if you have a sorcerers stone, you can do anything.
Even pixie dust will do.
Fairy feathers work great in space.
Dragon blood makes an incredibly powerful rocket fuel.
And who needs NASA if they have a magic carpet?
You get the point. Engineering is the art to do amazing things WITHIN the laws of nature and the budget.
Make belief is the childs-play to do absolutely nothing outside of them and still feel good about oneself.
2007-11-09 16:34:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. More complicated then that. A craft approaching another will tend to be in a higher energy orbit and would require a braking thrust to achieve a stable approach. The slang is,I think, a wifferdill. Item 5 at this site. http://www.ibiblio.org/mscorbit/mscforum/index.php?action=profile;u=135;sa=showPosts
2007-11-09 14:56:10 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋