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The Lebanon is aerobraking--hasn't landed yet | |
Posted By: Red Loser <dnannery@purdue.edu> | Date: 5/3/04 2:59 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: enkidu_h (OoACoO) : I mostly agree with this, but I think the recipient is definitely still
: I'm still on the fence on the crash-landing argument, because our other
As daedelus mentioned above, "aerobraking" is found in the source code. Aerobraking involves skipping in and out of the atmosphere to slow a spaceship down (the space shuttle does this). Presumably, the Lebanon, having returned from its slingshot around the sun, is trying to land on the planet by first slowing its velocity by means of aerobraking. This accounts for the "pretty trail" and "falling star" comment. |
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enkidu_h | Geary | 5/3/04 7:12 a.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | Howard (Someone took my name) | 5/3/04 7:20 a.m. |
Speculation | Geary | 5/3/04 7:27 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | daedalus | 5/3/04 7:34 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | daedalus | 5/3/04 7:40 a.m. |
Hello Professor Falcon | Hikaru-119 | 5/3/04 9:03 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | Howard (Someone took my name) | 5/3/04 7:39 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | Alexander Valient | 5/3/04 8:01 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | Geary | 5/3/04 8:04 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | Geary | 5/3/04 8:02 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | OoACoO | 5/3/04 10:30 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | Alexander Valient | 5/3/04 1:07 p.m. |
Re: Speculation | the Ouroboros | 5/3/04 1:18 p.m. |
Re: Speculation | OoACoO | 5/3/04 1:45 p.m. |
Re: Speculation | daedalus | 5/3/04 7:50 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | fludblud | 5/3/04 8:41 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | Ross Mills [subnova] | 5/3/04 8:42 a.m. |
Re: Speculation | Hikaru-119 | 5/3/04 9:06 a.m. |
No Friends? | skraeling | 5/3/04 1:42 p.m. |
Re: Food for thought | Wado SG | 5/3/04 2:13 p.m. |
Re: Food for thought | the Ouroboros | 5/3/04 3:25 p.m. |
hehe :) *NM* | Wado SG | 5/3/04 3:47 p.m. |
Re: hehe :) | the Ouroboros | 5/3/04 5:31 p.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | bascani | 5/3/04 9:54 a.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | scizor20 | 5/3/04 11:29 a.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | Owlbuster | 5/3/04 11:51 a.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | Sep7imus [subnova] | 5/3/04 12:09 p.m. |
Guilty Sparks confusion | Wado SG | 5/3/04 2:34 p.m. |
Re: Guilty Sparks confusion... | the Ouroboros | 5/3/04 3:20 p.m. |
Re: Guilty Sparks confusion... | Wado SG | 5/3/04 3:38 p.m. |
Re: Guilty Sparks confusion... | the Ouroboros | 5/3/04 3:50 p.m. |
Re: Guilty Sparks confusion... | deanero | 5/3/04 4:04 p.m. |
Re: Guilty Sparks confusion... | the Ouroboros | 5/3/04 4:28 p.m. |
Re: Guilty Sparks confusion... | Wado SG | 5/3/04 4:36 p.m. |
Re: Babylon 5 connection? | Steve Ollett | 5/4/04 4:53 a.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | Krispy Kreme Donuts Are Coming | 5/3/04 2:52 p.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | Dark Bastion | 5/3/04 1:54 p.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | OoACoO | 5/3/04 2:31 p.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | kornman00 | 5/3/04 2:40 p.m. |
The Lebanon is aerobraking--hasn't landed yet | Red Loser | 5/3/04 2:59 p.m. |
Re: The Lebanon is aerobraking--hasn't landed yet | the Ouroboros | 5/3/04 3:23 p.m. |
Re: The Lebanon is aerobraking--hasn't landed yet | Wado SG | 5/3/04 3:25 p.m. |
Re: The Lebanon is aerobraking--hasn't landed yet | Wado SG | 5/3/04 3:27 p.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | Dark Bastion | 5/3/04 6:12 p.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | the Ouroboros | 5/3/04 3:14 p.m. |
Re: enkidu_h | Dark Bastion | 5/3/04 6:28 p.m. |
Route Code Acronyms/Abbreviations | IAmDelta | 5/3/04 11:08 p.m. |
Re: Route Code Acronyms/Abbreviations | Target4Hire | 5/4/04 1:14 p.m. |
Re: Route Code Acronyms/Abbreviations | Socrates | 5/4/04 8:30 p.m. |
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