I had another unfortunate experience with the moon today. I was just trying to fly a Shuttle-A from Mars to the moon. Simple, right?
Everything was more or less flawless. So flawless, in fact, that I found that I was hurtling into the very center of the moon at about 20 km/s. I used up all the fuel in the shuttle to steer clear of doom.
I immediately launched a rescue mission in another Shuttle-A (it was the only ship at Brighton). Meanwhile, the shuttle in distressed shot past the moon at an altitude of 20 km and a velocity of 20 km/s.
I did the best I could, but by the time the shuttle in distress was several thousand kilometers from the moon, I knew it was hopeless.
Moral of the story: areobraking on Earth is a better idea.
Everything was more or less flawless. So flawless, in fact, that I found that I was hurtling into the very center of the moon at about 20 km/s. I used up all the fuel in the shuttle to steer clear of doom.
I immediately launched a rescue mission in another Shuttle-A (it was the only ship at Brighton). Meanwhile, the shuttle in distressed shot past the moon at an altitude of 20 km and a velocity of 20 km/s.
I did the best I could, but by the time the shuttle in distress was several thousand kilometers from the moon, I knew it was hopeless.
Moral of the story: areobraking on Earth is a better idea.