Implementing the NSS Vision
Exciting News! Our Sacramento L5 Society has an article published in the National Space Society Magazine! Implementing the NSS Vision We, a consensus of the members of the Sacramento L-5…
Fly Me to the Moon
Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel by Edward Belbruno This is a great book that describes low fuel low thrust orbits…
Oberth effect
In astronautics, a powered flyby, or Oberth maneuver, is a maneuver in which a spacecraft falls into a gravitational well, and then accelerates when its fall reaches maximum speed. The…
Fuel and Drink on Enceladus
Ted Talks is a great site to see enthusiasm for technical and intellectual excellence. Check out Carolyn Porco: This is Saturn where Carolyn describes the water on Enceladus and the thick hydrocarbons on Titan. Nice…
Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
The Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, or ideal rocket equation, describes the motion of vehicles that follow the basic principle of a rocket: a device that can apply acceleration to itself (a…