Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?message-squaremessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down115
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareBananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoWhen you do a free return trajectory around the moon, you first “fly” towards the moon, and then you “fly” away from the moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-return_trajectory
When you do a free return trajectory around the moon, you first “fly” towards the moon, and then you “fly” away from the moon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-return_trajectory