JPL 101

[GarrisonChisholm]

Good evening all.  Though there have been many quite informative posts upon the elemental concepts of orbital mechanics and spaceflight, and also taking into account OhioBob's wonderful website, I chanced upon this page while browsing JPL today.  While taking into account the risk of over-saturation upon the subject, it occurred to me that many might enjoy and benefit from this link;

 

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/basics/bsf4-1.php

 

I cannot claim credit for offering any illumination of my own, but I hope that some few might enjoy the presentation of this information.  It is clearly written for a wider audience, and is a bit less "mathy" than a specialist website, though it does indeed contain a link to OhioBob's site for those who wish to get deeper into the numbers.

Edited December 11, 2015 by GarrisonChisholm
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[OhioBob]

JPL's "Basics of Space Flight" is a very nice reference.  It's included in my bibliography.  Nice that they have a link to my site.

Edited December 11, 2015 by OhioBob