Comments on: Help fund a documentary about art and rocket science http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/help-fund-a-documentary-about.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 23:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jens Alfke http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/help-fund-a-documentary-about.html#comment-1677079 Jens Alfke Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218188#comment-1677079 The description on the Kickstarter page seemed sort of handwavey (I'm always skeptical of "chaos theory" being invoked as a solution for problems), but I dug up an actual research paper and the science does seem legit as far as I can tell, which isn't very far. Chaos theory is definitely applicable, as orbital transfers are four-body (at least) problems which can't be solved algebraically. http://www.edbelbruno.com/Belbruno-Efficient-Cis-Lunar-Trajectories(2012).pdf The description on the Kickstarter page seemed sort of handwavey (I’m always skeptical of “chaos theory” being invoked as a solution for problems), but I dug up an actual research paper and the science does seem legit as far as I can tell, which isn’t very far. Chaos theory is definitely applicable, as orbital transfers are four-body (at least) problems which can’t be solved algebraically.

http://www.edbelbruno.com/Belbruno-Efficient-Cis-Lunar-Trajectories(2012).pdf

]]> By: LintMan http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/help-fund-a-documentary-about.html#comment-1676885 LintMan Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218188#comment-1676885 Looks interesting.  Backed. Looks interesting.  Backed.

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