[PSAS] optimal trajectory dynamics

2011-03-09 Thread Jamey Sharp
Nathan was asking this evening what we collectively know about computing an optimal orbital-insertion trajectory, and sharing giant 1960s papers on the subject that were written using typewriters. (Nathan, if those papers are available publicly, could you post links please?) So I started trying

Re: [PSAS] optimal trajectory dynamics

2011-03-09 Thread Nathan Bergey
and sharing giant 1960s papers on the subject that were written using typewriters. (Nathan, if those papers are available publicly, could you post links please?) All 17 volumes are here:

[PSAS] imagine this: a joke

2011-03-09 Thread Benjamin Kaplin
A 747's pilot and copilot both have heart attacks mid-flight. A flight attendant gets on the PA to ask if anyone knows how to fly a plane. Two Polish men stand up, saying that they're crop dusters. The flight attendant escorts them to the cockpit. They stare at all the levers and buttons in clear

Re: [PSAS] imagine this: a joke

2011-03-09 Thread Rob Gaskell, Jr.
Ben, You suck. Thanks for wasting 2 minutes of my life which I will never get back. Rob -- From: Benjamin Kaplin ben...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 4:24 PM To: psas-...@psas.pdx.edu Subject: [PSAS] imagine this: a joke A 747's