Timeline for Ugh, I'm stuck in an orbital spaceport. But why?
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| Dec 15, 2016 at 8:15 | comment | added | Stig Hemmer | Even if there is a few days give in the launch window there is always an end point where one more delay will mean missing the entire window. | |
| Dec 14, 2016 at 23:15 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | This is based on the assumption that launches must take place during (or near) the minimum distance between the origin and destination. While that's a safe assumption now, it's probably not in a future with regular interplanetary travel, particularly for transports launched from LEO, rather than from the surface, as "launching" from LEO takes vastly less fuel to achieve escape velocity. Sure, it will take longer, and be more expensive when your planets are further apart, but that doesn't mean it will be impossible or even cost-prohibitive. | |
| Dec 14, 2016 at 17:55 | comment | added | Thucydides | The OP suggests there is a fair bit of space traffic, so while the window might be open for several days, your slot at the spaceport might have to be cleared very quickly so another spaceship can be loaded and launched. | |
| Dec 14, 2016 at 17:52 | comment | added | kingledion | Mars Surveyor's launch window was 6-25 Nov 1996. So you can be delayed days and still not be delayed years. | |
| Dec 14, 2016 at 17:04 | history | answered | Thucydides | CC BY-SA 3.0 |