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Comment Re:Pyrrhic Victory (Score 1) 160

The correct response to reacting to a crazy asshole madman is to bomb his shithole country to the ground, pour prevenir les autres.

At least, that was the theory of Iraq 2003-2011.

Maybe they're both true. Maybe they're both false.

Or maybe don't engage with talking points dreamed up by propagandists?

Comment Re:Information lacking from summary/article (Score 1) 83

What for? The energy required is mainly for leaving the Earth gravity well, so substantially the same if you're merely slingshotting around the moon no matter where it is. The launch window is mostly a function of terrestrial climate and slightly unpredictable. The time to reach the moon would be less than 5% longer, a few hours more over 3 days. Probably timing the arrival for around peak TV times would be more important than minimizing the distance.

Comment Re:Information lacking from summary/article (Score 1) 83

From wikimoon, the orbit of the Moon relative to Earth is almost circular with an eccentricity of 5%, with an apogee approx 40,000 km greater than the perigee. That means, depending on the date, that the moon can be up to 40,000 km further away from the Earth (25,000 miles). That's a potential noise to signal ratio of 10:1 for comparing Artemis II with Apollo 13.

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