Timeline for Equation for Velocity and distance from Sun of a solar sail powered spacecraft
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| Dec 13, 2020 at 22:24 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 13, 2020 at 22:21 | comment | added | uhoh | @asdfex but I'll fortify the first sentence accordingly. | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 22:19 | comment | added | uhoh | @asdfex I think that the introduction "Partial answer only, I don' know what I'm doing exactly..." is sufficient warning to avoid that, and SE works on the principle that answers without up votes are less likely to be correct. This post explains that there is some dissonance between the first attempt at an analytical and the numerical reality, and serves as a warning that an analytical solution will have to do better. Science and math build from failed attempts. Rockets work because their spectacular failures were scrutinized in the light of day rather than hidden. | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 9:43 | comment | added | asdfex | I think this answer should be removed until the issues with the calculation are solved. In the current form it might be confusing to readers. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 3:42 | comment | added | uhoh | I've just asked Why did my vis-viva math solution get so close despite being wrong? Under what conditions would it have been a good approximation? | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 3:33 | history | answered | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |