I wonder how much of orbital mechanics is driven by trends among the people who design orbits for specific missions and how much is just plugging in parameters to standard equations and computing the optimal orbits.
I was thinking about this because it seems like I've heard more about near-rectilinear halo orbits in the past few years than I ever had before
@2ck they're more practical to plan because the tools are better - you can compute a whole bunch of potential orbits very quickly
@izaya you mean the tools are better specifically for NRHOs?
@2ck the tools are better/more widely available for plotting complex orbits and optimising them, which makes it more practical for small teams to consider them
plus they're primarily meant for lunar operation so the recent push to go back to the moon would be contributing
plus it's spicy and a little but of a buzzword yeah
plus they're primarily meant for lunar operation so the recent push to go back to the moon would be contributing
plus it's spicy and a little but of a buzzword yeah
@2ck I just read and watch a lot of related stuff when I get into KSP. Scott Manley has a good video on NRHOs.
