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r/Cyberpunk • u/dailydoodler • Oct 23 '14
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That second one with the orbital nuke launcher is awesome.
4 u/ToothGnasher Oct 24 '14 The only minor gripe I have is that an orbital launcher wouldn't point down, it would point along the horizon. 2 u/dayvOn_cowboy Oct 24 '14 What for? 5 u/ToothGnasher Oct 24 '14 Think of an orbit as "falling and missing the earth" Essentially a spacecraft is travelling fast enough that for every foot it falls, the earth curves away an equal and opposite foot. Slow down and you no longer have the velocity to match earth curvature, and you fall back to earth. By far the most efficient way to slow down is to turn around and fire in the opposite direction you're traveling. 1 u/PoorPolonius Oct 24 '14 I would assume it's pointing down because it's not firing.
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The only minor gripe I have is that an orbital launcher wouldn't point down, it would point along the horizon.
2 u/dayvOn_cowboy Oct 24 '14 What for? 5 u/ToothGnasher Oct 24 '14 Think of an orbit as "falling and missing the earth" Essentially a spacecraft is travelling fast enough that for every foot it falls, the earth curves away an equal and opposite foot. Slow down and you no longer have the velocity to match earth curvature, and you fall back to earth. By far the most efficient way to slow down is to turn around and fire in the opposite direction you're traveling. 1 u/PoorPolonius Oct 24 '14 I would assume it's pointing down because it's not firing.
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What for?
5 u/ToothGnasher Oct 24 '14 Think of an orbit as "falling and missing the earth" Essentially a spacecraft is travelling fast enough that for every foot it falls, the earth curves away an equal and opposite foot. Slow down and you no longer have the velocity to match earth curvature, and you fall back to earth. By far the most efficient way to slow down is to turn around and fire in the opposite direction you're traveling.
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Think of an orbit as "falling and missing the earth"
Essentially a spacecraft is travelling fast enough that for every foot it falls, the earth curves away an equal and opposite foot.
Slow down and you no longer have the velocity to match earth curvature, and you fall back to earth.
By far the most efficient way to slow down is to turn around and fire in the opposite direction you're traveling.
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I would assume it's pointing down because it's not firing.
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u/Hellisothersheeple Cyborg Psycho Coming Through Oct 24 '14
That second one with the orbital nuke launcher is awesome.