Timeline for Why would space traders pick up and offload their goods from an orbiting platform rather than direct to the planet?
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| Aug 1, 2022 at 18:44 | comment | added | Codes with Hammer | "All orbital platforms are essentially the same" -- this finally gives me a good concept of the Star Trek term "standard orbit". For example: "Standard orbit is defined as a delta-v from planetary capture of 3200 m/s" means that this much delta-v gets you to the orbital platform every time, not counting course corrections. | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 17:30 | history | answered | Nuclear Hoagie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |