Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 个月前SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down114
arrow-up1382arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caCows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 个月前message-square186fedilink
minus-squareit_wasnt_arson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 个月前Most of the energy from the rocket that launched the satellite went into pushing it fast sideways. If you wanted to slow it down enough to drop straight down, you’d just about need a second rocket to stop it.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 个月前I really like in the Expanse how they show that working with the ships where they flip themselves and then do another burn to stop.
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 个月前They do a good job of showing that the “floor” could be a wall any second so stuff is mounted all over to account for gravity by thrust
Most of the energy from the rocket that launched the satellite went into pushing it fast sideways. If you wanted to slow it down enough to drop straight down, you’d just about need a second rocket to stop it.
I really like in the Expanse how they show that working with the ships where they flip themselves and then do another burn to stop.
They do a good job of showing that the “floor” could be a wall any second so stuff is mounted all over to account for gravity by thrust