16 Oct
2001
16 Oct
'01
3:41 a.m.
On Monday, October 15, 2001 9:25 PM, Carlos Murillo
[SMTP:cmurillo@emtelsa.multi.net.co] wrote:
I agree. The principle behind a rocket engine is obvious. The rest
is just minor improvements. Attitude and trajectory control is much less
obvious. Doesn't take long for a gyro alone to drift enough that your
V2 misses london entirely. A Minuteman is a lot more accurate than a
V2 and has a longer boost phase. Anyone know what its attitude instument
package was?
Eric
Rocket science is in the rocket engine.
Navigation is
not that hard, comparatively...
When all you have to navigate with is a computer that takes
a full second to multiply and a telescope that could probably
only sense the horizon it gets a bit harder..