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Apollo-8 Tutorial Info Needed
Hello all physics people,
I am going to begin a tutorial for Apollo-8 that I want to be realistic. I have a bit of a question though. Hopefully someone here knows the answer.
Apon starting the AMSO 1.17 Apollo-8 flight in Orbiter 2006 P1, and the plane of the moon on the desired Launch time of 12:51:00 shows in Orbiter default MapMFD shows the moon in a very off-plane position.
Here is what it shows:
I fast forward a few hours and the moon's orbital plane begins to approach the Cape for a much better launch azimuth.
Does anyone know if this is the plane where the moon was located when the real Apollo-8 was ready to launch because if launching at this time (AMSO's recommended time of 12:50:00 not the historical 12:51:00) was when NASA launched, then all they had to do was wait a few hours and the plane of the moon would be in a much better launch azimuth to match at launch.
My question is three fold:
#1 does anyone know if this is where the Moon's plane was at this time of launch or is this just where Orbiter has put the moon's plane at this time in history?
#2 Is orbiter precise enough to have the moon in the correct location and orbital plane to coencide with real life?
#3 If orbiter is showing the moon in the correct location and orbital plane as Orbiter is showing in this picture, why would NASA launch at this very offplane launch time?
Note: Even launching at the more historical time of 15:51:00 has a very much off plane type launch.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer to this question.
Hello all physics people,
I am going to begin a tutorial for Apollo-8 that I want to be realistic. I have a bit of a question though. Hopefully someone here knows the answer.
Apon starting the AMSO 1.17 Apollo-8 flight in Orbiter 2006 P1, and the plane of the moon on the desired Launch time of 12:51:00 shows in Orbiter default MapMFD shows the moon in a very off-plane position.
Here is what it shows:
I fast forward a few hours and the moon's orbital plane begins to approach the Cape for a much better launch azimuth.
Does anyone know if this is the plane where the moon was located when the real Apollo-8 was ready to launch because if launching at this time (AMSO's recommended time of 12:50:00 not the historical 12:51:00) was when NASA launched, then all they had to do was wait a few hours and the plane of the moon would be in a much better launch azimuth to match at launch.
My question is three fold:
#1 does anyone know if this is where the Moon's plane was at this time of launch or is this just where Orbiter has put the moon's plane at this time in history?
#2 Is orbiter precise enough to have the moon in the correct location and orbital plane to coencide with real life?
#3 If orbiter is showing the moon in the correct location and orbital plane as Orbiter is showing in this picture, why would NASA launch at this very offplane launch time?
Note: Even launching at the more historical time of 15:51:00 has a very much off plane type launch.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer to this question.
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