At 11:02 AM 12/19/02 +0000, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Damon asked: > >I need to know the formula used to calculate flight time for a spacecraft >using the acceleration/deceleration method of space travel. Anyone know it? > I imagine that you want the relativistic formula, that I implemented in a Javascript at... http://www.geocities.com/albmont/relroket.htm
Nice (and useful) website.
Do you know of any program already available which does what I think Damon wants here: orbital motion where at least one of the bodies can be a spacecraft under constant thrust? With all the orbit programs out there, it would seem that someone ought to have written one to do that already . . .
No, I am not a _star_ship pilot, just a _space_ship pilot. My ships have never gone much farther than the Moon.
Whereas my mind regularly goes a lot further. In fact, many people would say it's always somewhere *far* beyond Earth . . .
-- Ronn! :)
Ronn Blankenship
Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science
University of Montevallo
Montevallo, AL
Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated otherwise, any opinions contained herein are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent the official position of the University of Montevallo.
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