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Re:Orbital Mechanics – How do rockets get to where they're h... by cecilpl2 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:40PM (#26963987)
Then play Orbiter (http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/), which is to KSP like building a house is to playing with lego.
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Re:Orbital Mechanics – How do rockets get to where they're h... by forgotpwd16 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:46AM (#26967882)
Orbiter is underrated compared to KSP, which is recommended nearly always when the topic of orbital mechanics comes up. Orbiter is not only free(ware) but also a fairly realistic space flight simulator.
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Re:Orbital Mechanics – How do rockets get to where they're h... by tehbeard on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:23AM (#26968521)
Perhaps the realism/implicit difficulty is the reason it's less recommended?

KSP is enough to give you an intuitive understanding without the gritty details of which switches in which order.

That said I did just pop up a video of orbiter to check what I remember... And the oceans are solid.. at least KSP has some model of water landings?

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Re:Orbital Mechanics – How do rockets get to where they're h... by afterburner on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:29AM (#26965602)
Is it as hilariously fun as KSP though?
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Re:Orbital Mechanics – How do rockets get to where they're h... by carpedimebagjoe on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:54PM (#26964079)
Windows only. D':
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