Recent content by THC

Hi Bandersnatch Thanks for your reply, you make it sound so simple, Let's hope my next question taxes you brain a little more :-) Take it Easy Steve

Hi All II have recently joined the forum, after looking for a Suitable, SF writers technical board, and I found this one, everyone has a story, and some of us want to tell, I have had a story kicking around my head since I spent a a summer in the late 70's reading every Perry Rhoden book I...

Hi Bandersnatch Thank you very much for your reply,I have done a bit of reading Hyperbolic/parabolic orbits hence my late reply (thanks for pointing me in the right direction) The goal is for a ship which is already in Earths orbit to reach a Hyperbolic Orbit to increase speed to get to...

I have zero understanding on astrophysics, but hope to have help on determining the plausibility of an element to a story, traveling from Earth to Jupiter in four months, increasing acceleration with an orbit around first the Earth then the Sun, Orbit Earth to increase acceleration of ship...