On 7/25/2016 6:45 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 07:49:25 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> I have seen Star Wars. It is one of the films that drive me non linear
>> with their orbital mechanics.
>
> Interestingly, we just watched TFA again last night, and my wife and I
> were remarking on the physics of flight they used with the ships.
> Conservation of momentum seemed to be applied in a lot of cases, which
> was interesting to see.
>

But did they use orbital mechanics where thrusting forward goes outwards?

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Regards
     Stephen

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