Re: RE: [FT] Orbit and FT

KH Ranitzsch

>Of course, the pull of gravity goes down the further up you go. - like
1 /
>(radius squared )

True...

>For a spaceship at the height of a geostationanry orbit, you need about
3%
>of the thrust at ground level.

Depending on the desired orbital altitude for a given mission.	It still

costs fuel.  Mind you, if we assume the kind of future that the game
allows 
for, we should assume ships efficient enough that this is not a problem.

2B^2

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