05-26-2006, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mobile, Alabama
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Originally Posted by CenturiGuy
In which case it would actually become a "*Terran* Penetrator."
It would be even messier if an actual Terran was immediately below said rocket.  
(Which makes me wonder... Could you set up RockSim to simulate launching from the surface of Earth's moon? Come to think of it, RS has some Martian landscapes in its 3D view, too...)
Cheers,
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Possibly, if you fiddle with the various weights to make them 1/6 of their Earth weights. However, the moon has no atmosphere, so there's nothing for the fins to work against, and I'm not sure if RS allows for a vacuum. |