Recent content by Momentum117

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    High School Do Gravitational Slingshots cause G-forces

    Awesome, I guess that makes sense. Just might take a while to wrap my head around the concept for a layman like me.
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    High School Do Gravitational Slingshots cause G-forces

    That's pretty cool, would you say I would need a good understanding of slingshot mechanics to understand why this is? If so, do you know any resources?
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    High School Do Gravitational Slingshots cause G-forces

    Hi all, I am currently reading 'The Science of Interstellar' by Kip Thorne. Kip says that cooper could navigate around the Gagantua system using Gravitational Slingshots with Intermediate-Mass-Black-Holes. However these interactions would accelerate/decelerate the ranger by up to 22% of the...