to every planet/moon in 1 burn?

[jake9039]

I mean, is it possible, to in one burn, go past all celestial bodies, no course corrections, no rcs use, just if I brought a ton of science equipment and a science lab into that burn, was careful, and just detached it, it go past all the moons and planets, and return safely? like a grad tour without landing, in one burn

[dbmorpher]

I mean it's probably possible but it make a few thousand earth years to get all the bodies aligned right

[LABHOUSE]

Timing is ​EVERYTHING

[GigaG]

How long would Trajectory Optimization Tool take to do this? A few years? (And plus TOT allows midcourse burns at periapses of bodies I think)

Seriously, this is pretty impractical, but I wonder if it is possible. Think about having to go by Gilly, Pol, Bop, and Minmus too! That would be pretty hard.

[jake9039]

Timing is ​EVERYTHING

so much more true than that, it would require it to be EXACTLY at the right time, to the quadrillionth of a nanosecond.

How long would Trajectory Optimization Tool take to do this? A few years? (And plus TOT allows midcourse burns at periapses of bodies I think)

Seriously, this is pretty impractical, but I wonder if it is possible. Think about having to go by Gilly, Pol, Bop, and Minmus too! That would be pretty hard.

I don't know what "TOT" is, but I wonder if the game would show the orbits of all of the bodies.

edit: is this the right place for this thread?

Edited January 10, 2015 by jake9039

[RainDreamer]

Possibly with very amazing luck. Like, as if the cosmic gods and goddess bestow you with their blessing, and the stars and the moons dances according to your wish, with the sisters of fortune follow you behind your every step, throwing four leaves clover around you.

[vexx32]

I'm not even sure it would work if you calculated the required trajectory down to the smallest units KSP can manage. You'd probably hit the inaccuracy errors, causing it to require some small modifications along the way even if you calculated it perfectly the first time.

[jake9039]

I'm not even sure it would work if you calculated the required trajectory down to the smallest units KSP can manage. You'd probably hit the inaccuracy errors, causing it to require some small modifications along the way even if you calculated it perfectly the first time.

so it isn't possible. that is kind of what I was wondering.

[Cirocco]

so it isn't possible. that is kind of what I was wondering.

in theory? yes, possible but it would take perfect timing. In practice? no, impossible due to human error and imperfect burns, as well as inherent limitations of the way calculations are made by the program.