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    Flight Question Two burns to go to Mars?

    Hey everyone, quick question for you: Is it viable to make two burns on a trip from Earth to, say, Mars? Do one burn that puts your apoapsis out around the Moon's orbit. Then when you come back around to periapsis, do another burn that actually puts you on course to Mars. Any advantage or...
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    Fictional multiple star system question

    A question for the astrophysics experts: I'm trying to develop a fictional quintuple star system, vaguely inspired by Xi Scorpii. Stars A and B revolve around each other, Star C revolves around the AB barycenter. Stars D and E revolve around each other. The ABC group and the DE group then...
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    Flight Question Looking for Mars landing advice

    Hi everyone! I'm trying to figure out how to land my DGIV at Olympus Base. What is a good -initial altitude -distance to base -new periapsis to get down in one piece? All of the tutorials I've found seem to be out of date. Thank you for any pointers, -P
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    Flight Question Safe Jupiter orbit

    Hey all, what's a good altitude for a Jupiter orbit? You know, one that won't run me into any pesky moons or alien monoliths... Thank you all!
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    LandMFD LandMFD not seeing base

    As I'm trying to land, LandMFD tells me I need to select a base in the Map MFD, but I already have selected one (Olympus in my particular case). What am I missing? Many thanks, Peter
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    "Twin planets" and tide-locking

    Putting out the call to any astrophysics experts: Suppose you have two planets, each about 1 Earth mass, orbiting around a barycenter. The average distance between the two planets is a little under 500,000 km. Would they tide-lock to each other, or would they still be able to rotate independently?
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    Flight Question Flying around Jupiter's moons

    Hey everyone! My question is: How do you get from one moon of Jupiter to another? For instance, I'm orbiting Io now, how would I get to Europa? Thank you all in advance for your help!
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    Question Multiple stars and double planets

    Can the scenario editor handle multiple stars (binary, trinary, etc) and double planets? Can you create a barycenter and then have multiple objects orbiting around it? Thanks everyone!
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    General Question Refueling

    Where and how would I refuel my spaceship? I can't find it anywhere in the manual...
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    Flight Question Going to the moon - prograde or retrograde orbit?

    Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to Orbiter, and I'm loving it since I've been a space nerd since I was a little kid playing Project Space Station. I finally managed to make it to lunar orbit after buying the farm a few times. My question is this - I'm in a prograde orbit, though most tutorials I've...
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