Sujet : Re: More Fun Stuff From Lunar Lander
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 24. Jun 2024, 08:05:40
Autres entêtes
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On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:10:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
I figured it out: the units are miles/second/second, and that value is
about correct for the Moon.
Yeah, I should have picked that up.from 1.62 meters since everything else
was in miles and pounds.
https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminary099/CONTROLLED_CONSTANTS.agc
At least they appear to have used metric units consistently unlike the
Mars probe. It's interesting Lockheed Martin was still working in pounds
that late. Who knows what Boeing is using these days. It sort of sucks
when your ride home is leaking like a '65 Buick and some of the thrusters
aren't thrusting.