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 May 10 2007, 07:12 PM
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I am looking for a freeware (I'll even go shareware if necessary) program that allows you to design the trajectory of a spacecraft. The software needs to support gravity assists, satellite systems (meaning it would allow for designs say around Jupiter, with gravity assists at the various moons), and for inputing dry and wet mass at launch and the specifics of the launch vehicle. Preferably, but not required, it would support either NAIF kernels or support a launch at some day in the future with the appropriate planetary and satellite positions.
Oh, and preferably, it works on Windows machines, but UNIX/Solaris and Macs are fine. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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May 16 2007, 12:13 AM
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If terrorists get hold of the resources necessary to push asteroids around, they won't have any trouble planning the trajectories, ITAR or no ITAR...
 -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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volcanopele Spacecraft Trajectory Designer May 10 2007, 07:12 PM
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On a serious note ... May 10 2007, 08:05 PM Greg Hullender If it doesn't already exist, it would be fun t... May 10 2007, 08:22 PM volcanopele The software I would like to find does not have to... May 10 2007, 08:29 PM AlexBlackwell Have you seen this site? May 10 2007, 08:31 PM Greg Hullender The Matlab stuff is cool, but it's not real-wo... May 11 2007, 10:33 PM Tom Tamlyn I'm a little surprised that such tools aren... May 11 2007, 11:36 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ May 11 2007, 04:36 PM... May 11 2007, 11:45 PM Greg Hullender I'm still a little fuzzy on the complete set o... May 12 2007, 03:21 AM helvick Tony Dunn's Gravity simulator meets some of yo... May 12 2007, 06:50 AM Jim from NSF.com Since the LV's are propriety, the companies do... May 12 2007, 01:37 PM Greg Hullender Whenever a real mission is launched, we know it we... May 13 2007, 03:45 AM Littlebit QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ May 12 2007, 09:4... May 14 2007, 01:45 PM Greg Hullender Helvick: That's a GREAT site! And, I agre... May 13 2007, 03:52 AM ugordan Not directly related to volcanopele's requests... May 13 2007, 11:09 AM Greg Hullender That one is even more impressive. It would appear... May 14 2007, 02:05 AM tuvas But ITAR only applies to US citizens, so it would ... May 14 2007, 04:02 PM Greg Hullender I'll bet they're less strict about softwar... May 14 2007, 08:37 PM Jim from NSF.com Creating it and then posting it would be a violati... May 14 2007, 11:21 PM Greg Hullender Jim: Given your handle and lack of a disclaimer, i... May 15 2007, 01:55 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ May 14 2007, 06:5... May 15 2007, 03:44 AM helvick Interestingly I've just found out that ITAR co... May 15 2007, 04:09 PM tty Planning trajectories is arguably neither manufact... May 15 2007, 07:30 PM JRehling QUOTE (tty @ May 15 2007, 12:30 PM) Howev... May 15 2007, 10:39 PM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (tty @ May 15 2007, 03:30 PM) Plann... May 16 2007, 01:28 AM AlexBlackwell I'm reminded of the old Steve Martin skit: ... May 16 2007, 12:25 AM nprev Not a useless point at all, Jim; seems to point di... May 16 2007, 01:59 AM |
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