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How to Navigate a Spacecraft to Mars

Posted by Hemos on from the fly-me-to-the-moon dept.

EccentricAnomaly writes "JPL has an article on how to design trajectories to Mars with the porkchop plot. They use an interesting analogy between reading these plots and divining the future from animal entrails. JPL also has the most excellent Basics of Spaceflight, which is an easy to understand tutorial on how to explore deep space."

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  1. Martians... by Mr.E+(Not+a+pun) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm from Mars.

  2. 9th post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You all know who this post is for, don't ya!

  3. Meat Muppets by satanami69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, I guess it'd put a different spin on pigs in space.

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  4. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at age 54 by Talez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And in other news... Cesium(sp?) created by those guys at MIT was just released... Can you at least find supporting evidence (and no, those crackpots that whinge on talkback radio arent evidence) before you post something so final.

    Talez

  5. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Penis!

    8====D
    Boiiinng!

  6. Was that /.'s Metatag? by MADCOWbeserk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now I know how /. gets so many hits... <BR> <BR>Hey Coward, save the stupid stuff for the NYT's forum. <BR>

  7. Re:Let me get this straight... by MADCOWbeserk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Easy tiger,

    I'll get you your gun and send you over. Some need to remain behind, and live those lives the terrorists hate so much.

    Mars sounds like a good idea, my guess is that it will be hard to get to Mars with an expired student visa.

  8. Re:Let me get this straight... by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    good - a job well done.

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  9. Re:Let me get this straight... by Lars+T. · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You want to talk war, and ignore the god of war, Mars? No wonder you're not getting anywhere.

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    Lars T.

    To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck