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Re:Orbital Mechanics – How do rockets get to where they're h... by meristem on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @07:53PM (#26963637)
Recently my kids had to suffer through 4 Star Wars movies with their parents complaining every time any "spaceship in space" scene appeared, and learned more than they wanted about orbital mechanics, WWII war movies, and why explosions are not heard in space.

Good times.

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Re:Orbital Mechanics – How do rockets get to where they're h... by fastball on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:01PM (#26964551)
I've always liked the idea that things are different in Star Wars because it's actually not vacuum, it's ether.

Until Episode VIII, where that vision was ruined for no reason and other stuff that made no sense happened anyway.

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