DChurchill

Think of it in terms of potential energy. The amount of energy you have is based on how much fuel you have, how heavy your craft is, and how efficient the engines are in converting that energy to motion. How much energy you need to accomplish what you want is mostly based on the gravity of whatever system you happen to be in (and atmospheric drag if you're in atmosphere). In a ship with no other forces acting on it (gravity or drag), the amount of dV that you have is how much your velocity will change if you use it all. Gravity and drag subtract from that total.

Jool. I wasn't sure I had enough dV to get home, so I decided to try it.

A bottle of diet Pepsi.

Droppin' dem science beats, yo.

Oui! Zat iz correct, madame!

This would be a good mod suggestion, though. Heck if Roscosmos can do it, why not Kerbals?

I really need to play Portal 2.

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Didn't Gemini go up sideways? That is with the astronauts on their side? Edit: can't find anything on a Google search, but I swear I read it somewhere. Something with the Titan guidance system caused it.

This. There's an awful lot of "I don't use this, therefore no one should be able to use this" going on around here.

Messing with you , I guess. I don't really care for those fanfics. I read it just so I understood what his sig meant.

There's a link to it in his sig.

Wrong thread.

Meh. It's over-rated. Once you see the Moholes, there's really not much there to look at.

Never even thought about attempting it. But, if I did, how much dV do you need?

You can land there with just parachutes.

Floor 525: The walls are bleeding and there is a single cupcake in the middle of the floor with a dagger through the middle!!!! (It's close to Halloween. Thought I'd add some mood.)

8/10. Yay!

Nope. Moar PONIES!!! Anime is ok, too. How about pony anime!!! The user below me is a pony hater.

Al Gore has fanfic written about him? Huh. Imagine that.

X-1A Lawndart

My head isn't even shaped like an egg. More like an apple or an orange, but a really BIG orange. More of a grapefruit, really . . .

I decline to answer because I'm not exactly sure what the above poster's avatar is. There. Back on the rails.