Billyconnor79
Billyconnor79 t1_j2aw8mb wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Damage7184 in Documentaries on Columbia shuttle? by Worthy_Planet375
A really absorbing read. I learned lots of things I didn’t know about this entire period.
Billyconnor79 t1_j1wqpf1 wrote
Reply to A different perspective on the Vega C failure - It has been a dark week for European spaceflight with the failure of the first operational flight of Vega C by flyingdutchgirll
Needs to replace exasperated with exaggerated in the first paragraph.
Billyconnor79 t1_j607iz7 wrote
Reply to How come space probes generally take photos of moons or asteroids from several hundred (or thousands) of kilometers away from the object they orbit? by Different_Muscle_116
Keep in mind that Io is not just hanging there in deep space with no other bodies around. It’s subject to intense gravity from Jupiter and even the other three Galilean moons that impact the shape and proximity of the orbits that can be plotted.