[TML] Guns in Space!

[Timothy Little]

Andrew Long wrote:
> At some point in the mission, the pilots jettison their propulsion
> unit in what they call the 'garbage burn' - just point it at Earth
> and light the touch paper.

Hehe.  A far better "garbage burn" would be to point it 'behind' them.
That would double the reduction of perigee.  It would also reduce the
orbital period so that if it missed, they'd have vastly longer to deal
with it.

Of course, then there wouldn't be a story from it.


- Tim