Comment on Launches
psud@aussie.zone 2 months agoYou can just change the shape of your orbit (but not your orbital energy) with the help of a sufficient gravity well from solar orbit, so it intersects with the Sun. Drag within the Sun will slow whatever is left of you enough to sap your orbital energy
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, gravity assists are a cheat code here, but the delta-V is still being changed—just by stealing velocity from elsewhere.