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Re:Movies every physics lover should watch (2020) by larrydag on Thursday May 13, 2021 @09:46AM (#27142011)
Here's some interesting commentary on the delta-v and the movie Gravity. https://www.rocketstem.org/2013/11/03/delta-v-gravity-situat...
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Re:Movies every physics lover should watch (2020) by zardo on Thursday May 13, 2021 @10:07AM (#27142244)
Just considering the orbital heights, they fudged it a bit.

What makes it laughable is the inclination, the ISS is ~51 degrees and the Hubble is ~29.

That's something like a 3500m/s burn.

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