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nazca
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Anyone have a gif/video of the 'ballistic capture' method?
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nazca
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FYI - here is a video of a Hohmann transfer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNdB3nmAl_0
stefantalpalaru
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No, but these static images describe it pretty well:
http://ccar.colorado.edu/asen5050/projects/projects_2012/tru...
japaget
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This link describes "Halo Orbits" about the L1 Lagrangian point of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Mars isn't even mentioned.
stefantalpalaru
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That's because using it with Mars is a novel concept. The mechanism, though, is the same.
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