| Author | Message | ||
     Emc2 Legend Username: Emc2 Post Number: 36715 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 108.48.4.211 Rating: N/A |
gravity and planetary orbit, anduke 10yrs pattindi | ||
| Copy_paste Comedian Username: Copy_paste Post Number: 1491 Registered: 07-2013 Posted From: 70.42.29.13 Rating: N/A |
ayya meeru nolan ayya | ||
| Tifosi Comedian Username: Tifosi Post Number: 1417 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 71.21.207.163 Rating: N/A |
short answer gravity long answer, with every swing by of a celestial object it gains speed due to momentum captured from the object. Once it reaches the right trajectory, rockets fire to separate it from the orbit and launch it to the next swing by | ||
| Copy_paste Comedian Username: Copy_paste Post Number: 1490 Registered: 07-2013 Posted From: 70.42.29.13 Rating: N/A |
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/world/comet-landing-countdown/ index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Un-manned spacecraft Philae travelled 10 billion kms in 10 years and lands on comet - European Space Agency ---- it is just 220 pounds and how could it travel so far and so long...what is the source to keep it running? |
