Free Return Trajectory

The idea that it would be possible for a projectile to go around the Moon and then return to Earth. (Read the full article)

"you didn't help me at all"
( 5/11/2005 1:47:58 PM )
"I read this book and Verne wasn't too clear on how the characters had originally intended to return to Earth. I think maybe they hadn't thought that far ahead. "
(Moondragon 5/15/2009 2:19:10 AM )

More info on Free Return Trajectory

Leave a comment:

Name (optional):
Comment:
(Just enter text; paste in URLs; sorry no HTML tags)

 

 

 

Current News Articles

German Firm Seeks To Recruit Autistics
Not a deficit, but a strength.

NASA Supports Pizza Printer
Is it extra with printed pepperoni?

Could Ground-Based Lasers De-Orbit Space Junk?
'Then their lasers vaporized the smaller satellites...'

'Hello, Computer!' Google Now Highlighted at IO13
'Hello, computer!'

MIT Robot Cheetah Video Shows Gait Transition
'The legs are long, curled way up to deliver power, like a cheetah's.'

TrackingPoint Smart Rifle
Not your typical 'smart bullet' approach.

Sky City's 220 Stories Are Go
'It rested among green parklands and... stood in total isolation, a glittering block of whites and flashing windows dotted with colors.'

CARMAT Bioprosthetic Total Human Heart Replacement
'George Walt's corporate existence proved the workability of wholly mechanical organs...'

Personal Sniffer Robots
'...The ticking combinations of the olfactory system of the hound.'

Physical Exam? We've Got Apps
See the future of handheld, personal medical devices.

The Interplanetary Internet, Vint Cerf Speaking
'This was the center of Interplanetary Communications.'

Drosophila Robotica, The Mechanical Fly
'... the Scarab [flying robot] buzzed into the great workroom as any intruding insect might...'

Home | Glossary | Invention Timeline | Category | New | Contact Us | FAQ | Advertise |
Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction™

Copyright© Technovelgy LLC; all rights reserved.