racookpe1978
Nuclear
Was watching the SpaceX countdown, but it got scrubbed at about 3 minutes to launch. Blast!
regardless, a reader on the webcam asked how multiple spacecraft orbit the L1 position. I can "see" the L1 points as moving points in space as the earth rotates the sun, but each as a fixed point relative tot he earth.
But how does a spacecraft "orbit" a position that is itself not a gravity well, but the opposite of a gravity well - a gravity "plain" if you will where there local forces of gravity from several bodies all cancel? Doesn't seem logically possible.
regardless, a reader on the webcam asked how multiple spacecraft orbit the L1 position. I can "see" the L1 points as moving points in space as the earth rotates the sun, but each as a fixed point relative tot he earth.
But how does a spacecraft "orbit" a position that is itself not a gravity well, but the opposite of a gravity well - a gravity "plain" if you will where there local forces of gravity from several bodies all cancel? Doesn't seem logically possible.
