Recent content by Astaria

Out of curiosity, would such a "vessel" still exert its own gravity on another ship? Or is that something I have to sacrifice to get this "vessel" to move properly?

I hope this is the right forum. Yes, I know. Vesta will never actually swing by Earth (at least not without help from Nibiru). However, as part of a class project on orbits and astrodynamics, our professor is having us do a mining / sample return mission from Vesta as it swings by Earth. He...