Am enthralled by this visualization NASA shared of Artemis II's path through space. The most mathematically accurate little dance. <3
imagine. That is literally a really complex math equation, and then hardware built to enact that math equation with EXTREME precision.
Dude, if i was on that thing? i'd be checking the whole time, like, "hey, so, are we still exactly where the math said we should be? going the speed everyone predicted? okay, coolcoolcool. uh. How bout now?"
hold on, hold on. Our earth, okay, is following our sun, right, so we're doing this through space
and they are doing THAT slingshot and return maneuver while everything is doing what the gif shows, only the distances are unimaginably vast. And they are just. In a fancy tin can that we exploded up off the earth into space on the strength of our certainty we understand some very complex physics equations.
it's wild


















