Activity for Old Scratchâ€
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In an elliptical orbit, where should a rocket fire its engines for maximum efficiency? If a rocket ship with limited fuel has fallen into a decades-long elliptical orbit around the Sun, where in the orbit should it fire its engines in order to achieve escape velocity with a minimum of fuel? Likewise, where would the most efficient place in the orbit be to fire the engines in order to s... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |