Hi all, I'm looking for a "porkchop plot" of the launch windows for the planned spaceX 2024 mars mission, similar to https://mars.nasa.gov/spotlight/images/porkchop_lg.gif . Hoping for something in high enough quality to print as a poster, or an open source library to generate it myself (i have 0 space knowledge, plenty of software knowledge). Thanks in advance!
This isn't strictly speaking related to KSP, but I was hoping you guys could tell me a little more about generating porkchop plots and calculating transfer orbits. I understand what they are and how to read them, and obviously there are mods in KSP to generate them so we don't have to, but I'd like to learn more about them all the same. I'm going into sophomore year of college and I'm seriously considering Physics as a major. I've been playing KSP since junior year of high school and have always tried to use it as a learning tool, but I can't find a huge amount of material on porkchop plots online. Everything I find seems to be written for either an 8th grader or a postgraduate, so I thought I'd reach out to the KSP community and see if you guys have any sources I should check out.
Thanks a bunch.
Sam walked down the aisle of the senate chamber. Every seat in the room was full, occupied by the crew of the Pozar. Sam stepped up to the podium and opened up files on his display. He arranged the talking points and looked out at the room. "Hello everyone. Thank you for attending." He looked down at his arm display. "You all know I'm not good at talking, forgive me." He looked out at everyone. "First petition of the day. I have a grievance against me, saying that I am hoarding wealth. That I have used earth lifeforms for profit, and that the money derived from such ventures should be distributed amongst every human here." Sam looked around the room. "I'll be honest. I think it is my money. Hell, I invented it. Everything here I orchestrated and got going. I put in the ground work, and I am reaping my rewards." Sam stepped away from the podium. "That does not mean I will hoard it though. I have numerous ventures that I am investing in, and there are job opportunities for everyone here and then some. Take your pick of what you want to do." He motioned to the crowd. "Thoughts?"
A group of men near the front jeered. One stood up. "You've got a monopoly. You own everything here. It ain't right. I think we should vote to have your empire broken up so there is fair competition."
A woman in the back stood up and clicked the button on the senate app asking for the floor. Sam sent the talking button over to her. She cleared her throat and spoke through the comms. "I'm with Sam on this. We voted him to keep his spot as acting president. This is his station. I do not think he has a monopoly, there are numerous worlds, numerous jobs out here. Anyone with any gumption can built an empire of their own."
Sam nodded and pointed at her.
She continued. "Many of us here knew what we were coming into. I, and many others brought our own seed banks, and I know a few even brought animals aboard the ship. We have the capacity to make our own fortunes here. I do not see the need to steal his."
The man at the front began shouting. "Let's take a vote then. Institute the wealth tax!" He attempted to start a chant. Only a handful followed his lead.
Frith stepped away from the wall at the side of the room, clicking the app for the floor. Sam sent it. "Hello everyone." He looked across the room. "This man has offered his home, his food, he
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“Bonjour Admiral, how may I be of service this morning? I see you have yet to approve my request to attempt to replicate the twenty thirty seven burgundy vintage out of Cote du Beaune,” Gerard Dupuis greeted Natori. The Admiral had placed the call remotely as he and Io prepared themselves for the journey down to the village on Cromwell’s shuttle.
“Gerard, my friend, surely we have been over this before?” Natori replied pleasantly, indulging the Frenchman’s good humor. “There is a strict policy against the use of the fabricators and replicators to duplicate controlled substances.”
“You would lump one of my country’s finest vintages in with cheap cigarettes and stimulants? It is art! What of that coffee you drink every morning, Mr. Kaczynski?” the older researcher argued adamantly, his moustache animated in his reply. Natori let out a hearty chuckle and shook his head as Io appeared on one of the monitors in the lab.
‘He’s got a point, Admiral. Bon matin, Gerard. I’m just checking up on our latest tissue cultures,’ she told him. The Admiral sat straight in his chair, quickly looking back and forth between his fellow passenger and the screen. Upon closer inspection, he found that Io had placed her physical body into something of a sleep mode while she frolicked about the Event Horizon’s labs. He watched with subtle fascination as her ‘face’ relaxed in a position of rest and her chest rose and fell steadily.
“I see,” he murmured before returning to his conversation with Dr. Dupuis. “Well Gerard, if Io is on your side then perhaps there is some room for debate on the matter, but not right now. We are on our way to the surface at the moment to meet with the leaders of the Cauthan village, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the subject of conversation will be the proposed relocation of this small tribe to Earth. I need to understand the prospects for their nutrition and our abi
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Aaron walked through a sea of shimmering blue-green grass, the breeze causing it to ripple in waves down the slope before him. Above him Optimus Prime shone brightly, the local star’s name bringing him a brief smile. He looked around the plains of Earth Two: Electric Boogaloo, formerly Darnis, and watched the Gardeners as they walked amongst the rabbits. There were a lot of rabbits. At first he was surprised at how little they cared about people, but then realized that there had been no predators here for countless generations. Nothing but them since the plague, the one he and his fellow earthlings had — however unintentionally — brought. The view of the ruined cities below him as he had come in for a landing on the planet had left Aaron wondering just how apt the Kasurian's name for him was.
Glancing up at the sky once more he noticed the shimmering of the dome shield they were under. A protective barrier, one that was slowly expanding ever outwards as the Gardeners worked their magic. Aaron’s lack of technical knowledge had meant that magic had been the best word he could find, up until he touched one of the machines. Running his hand over its surface he could feel the myriad of sensors, scrubbers, emitters and other parts that came unbidden to his mind. The nanites supplied raw information with little understanding behind it, knowing without learning.
Beneath the cleansing dome the myriad of diseases of the plague were eradicated, the planet becoming safe to be inhabited once more. As he walked further down the slope he reached the first of thirty monoliths, their pristine black exterior a stark contrast to the muted blues and turquoise of the planet's foliage. Each massive gravestone was carved with one thousand names, all those who had fallen during the battle.
Aaron and the Gardeners' bio-engineers had worked hard on designing this monument. In the end, it would become a huge park, a harmonious blend of the plants from each homeworld of the fallen, even to the point of featuring lakes for the aquatic plants and ornate greenhouses for special atmospher
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Go post NSFW jokes somewhere else. If I can't tell my kids this joke, then it is not a DAD JOKE.
If you feel it's appropriate to share NSFW jokes with your kids, that's on you. But a real, true dad joke should work for anyone's kid.
Mods... If you exist... Please, stop this madness. Rule #6 should simply not allow NSFW or (wtf) NSFL tags. Also, remember that MINORS browse this subreddit too? Why put that in rule #6, then allow NSFW???
Please consider changing rule #6. I love this sub, but the recent influx of NSFW tagged posts that get all the upvotes, just seem wrong when there are good solid DAD jokes being overlooked because of them.
Thank you,
A Dad.
..... Will get a reward.
Season 3 is currently filming, but I was thinking of what I'd write if I was making it- or what (I think) I'd like to see. I checked actual orbital mechanics to see if I found anything interesting... and I did.
So there's a good chance Kelly, Danny, and Aleida will become astronauts, but it wouldn't make much sense for them to be on the first trip to Mars, and the other astronauts from season 1 are probably too old. So what would make some good television?
We don't know how they plan to go to Mars, or even who, but there's an interesting possibility: There's a transfer window in October 1994 that gets you to Mars in July 1995. Since season one, the LSAM (reusable lunar lander) seems to have the ability to bring an unlimited amount of fuel from Jamestown to *high* elliptical Lunar orbit.
By far, one of the best ways to send the maximum amount of mass to Mars while launching the least from Earth, is to park whatever armada you plan to send in elliptical lunar orbit, refuel it with many, many LSAM flights, and then launch at just the right time to drop from the moon to earth, and use the Oberth effect to burn to Mars at perigee. You'd have all the fuel you need for a return trip. This happens to be right where NASA plans to put the 'lunar gateway' station in real life.
The catch? It's a good one. The moon has to be in the the right phase, and you'd have to leave the moon at the closest point in your ship's (week long) elliptical orbit. Combined with the Earth Mars transfer cycle, and you have EXACTLY TWO moments to start your engines, at the end of September 1994, or the end of October 1994. Even if you leave at the second opportunity, you have a good chance of arriving at Mars first. Miss both those moments- and you don't have another chance for *years*.
So my idea? Our favorite characters and some new ones are in space on the lunar gateway, with an easy beginner's mission of tending the docked Mars ship/ships while the fuel is brought up from the moon and the Mars crew trains. Maybe Ed is there as a 'world's oldest astronaut' 'father daughter in space' PR stunt.
NASA misses or skips the first window. Something goes wrong to the Mars crew, sabotage or whatever, and NASA has a possibly split second decision as to whether to cancel the entire mission and let the Russians etc. take the Mars window- or send the wrong crew and hope for the best. An unplanned and possibly involuntary multi-year Mars mission- what's not to love?
Season three will do it
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Well, toucan play at that game.
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Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.
They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.
I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.
She said apple-lutely
'Eye-do'
This is my first post pls don't kill me lol.
The people in the comment section is why I love this subreddit!!
Cred once again my sis wants credit lol
Keep in mind, my son is 4 years old, so everything is an original to him.
I had to work late into the evening yesterday, and he was just going to bed when I got home. I had left home for the office nearly 14 hours prior, had a long day, lots of meetings, traffic, etc.
When I walked through the door, I was exhausted, run down, and starving. My wife hugged me and asked how my day was, and I replied, "Done. It was a good day, but has got me exhausted. I just want to grab a bite and go to bed. I'm hungry."
From my son's bedroom, I hear him shout, "Hi Hungry! Nice to meet you!"
Not only did it make me laugh, but I completely forgot about how hungry and tired I was. I went to his bedroom, and we laughed together about it. It was exactly what I needed.
Edit: Thanks for all the awards, kind strangers! I'll let my son know y'all enjoyed his joke too!
I heard parents named their children lance a lot.
First post please don't kill me
Edit: i went to sleep and now my inbox is dead, thank you kind strangers for the awards!
Japan.
second hand stores!
it's Hans free now..
Old Neeeeiiiiighvy
10+10 is twenty and 11+11 is twenty too
A buck-an-ear!
I Thank ye kind Matey for the booty! I be truly overwhelmed! Thank you!
Holy cow! Thank you everyone for the upvotes and awards! I wasn’t expecting this!
and not:
He should have a good vowel movement. His next diaper change could spell disaster though.
Making it all the way home and realizing that they forgot one of the containers:
Riceless
That was the punchline
Phil
So far nobody has given me a straight answer
"No, the regular kind!" I laughed.
