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Re:Three hours to save Integral spacecraft by snovv_crash on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @07:56AM (#28917121)
Ok, read TFA now. It sounds like they need to dump energy from the reaction wheels. Maybe they can do this by inducing a spin, rotating 180 on a different axis then cancelling the spin?
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Re:Three hours to save Integral spacecraft by FeepingCreature on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:24AM (#28917316)
You can't cheat conservation of momentum, no matter how cleverly you move your spacecraft. That's why all the solutions involve expelling reaction mass. (Or, in the case of solar wind, interacting with an external force.)
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