You’re sort of right. The change in distance from the surface is insignificant, but a spacecraft orbiting a bigger planet has to travel further with each orbit so its speed must be faster to avoid falling out of orbit, even if the gravitational acceleration at its orbital height is the same.
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Pretty sure the distances are to scale. It would be harder to see things if they also sized the Earth and Moon correctly, but there are some good images that show them fully to scale.
A much simpler animation: Animation
202·12 days agoThis could not possibly affect the aerodynamics
19·1 month agoBuy old PC, play Minecraft, be happy.
7·1 month agoI was really hoping for a lunar impact, oh well :/
It’s your phone, it’s your app store, it’s your browser, it’s your email, it’s your storage, it’s your search, it’s your maps, it’s your music, it’s your news, it’s your credit card, it’s your password manager
Google is so deeply integrated into most people’s lives that they can’t imagine going without it.
22·2 months agoThe AI companies are inbreeding intentionally now? Wonderful!
2·2 months agoI mean, what are you gonna do with that money once you’re dead?
The color the baby will be? I think they usually come out pretty red.
Was this AI upscaled? It’s too coherent to be fully AI slop but has a lot of artifacts.
Most of the journey is spent traveling very close to light speed. It’s not a linear ramping up and ramping down of speed, since it takes more energy to accelerate the closer you get to light speed. Rather you quickly accelerate to near light speed and spend most of the trip working on that last small bit of velocity.
32·3 months agoIt was never a free feature; they used to only allow up to 2X speed. Not that that justifies it at all of course.
31·3 months agoDNS based ad blocking does not block YouTube advertisements.
91·3 months agoI guess it makes it easier to find/verify the owner if they lose it? (Though there are better ways to do that). Still feels weird.
Step 1: Sell shirt that requires new bras
Step 2: Sell new bras
Step 3: Profit?
It might take them a few more centuries than us to develop the tech, but just because we use chemical engines doesn’t mean it’s the only viable method. I’m sure they’d figure something out eventually.