The Science of Flight. Episode 22, To Mars and Beyond: Gravity-Assist Flight
(2023, original release: 2017)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
13373602
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Venture beyond Earth to the realm of the planets. Interplanetary trajectories require exquisite timing so that the target planet is in exactly the right spot when the spacecraft arrives, often by a Hohmann transfer ellipse. Consider two fuel-saving approaches to these marathon journeys - gravity assists and ion propulsion
Film
In Process Record
James W. Gregory
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English