IsaacKuo wrote:
> On Feb 6, 7:26 pm, John Schilling <schil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Since a Hohmann transfer to Saturn takes about six years, that gives
you
>> two and a half years to assemble your team and design your spacecraft.
>
> Of course, no one uses a pure Hohmann transfer since the start and
> end "corners" are very slow and just beg to be cut.
And also, it should be said, because Hohmann transfers assume circular
orbits for the departure and arrival orbits, of which there are none in
the real world. So all "Hohmann transfers" are not true Hohmann
transfers.
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