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[freeformschooler]

Re-dinging the pool question. Got a tentative three, I think, one more to split four ways. Anyone interested?

Again, it's $11.25 if you wanna pool with us. Frumple, you have a paypal we could send the moolah to?

[Graknorke]

It is possible to send an object into Earth orbit by a single application of force - meaning a single hard punt from the ground, and letting gravity do its thing afterwards. It won't technically be a stable orbit, but it will be outside of the atmosphere, and not in any immediate danger of crashing into things. This is assuming the object is otherwise indestructible, or is provided some form of protection from both the punt and the atmosphere during ascent.

It's not really an orbit if it's going to come crashing back down.

Hehe, nope. A nice elliptic orbit with a perigee higher than the edge of Earth's atmosphere and an apogee... way higher than that. Not in danger of crashing into anything for at least a few years, maybe longer if done right.

...can you draw this for me?
This does not agree with how I know orbits work.

[Frumple]

Re-dinging the pool question. Got a tentative three, I think, one more to split four ways. Anyone interested?

Again, it's $11.25 if you wanna pool with us. Frumple, you have a paypal we could send the moolah to?

Aye, do. Or will. I'm actually bumming someone else's, technically (I don't really have anything but cash at the moment, but family has bank/paypal so I run it through them, heh.), but it shouldn't take more than a minute or two to clear that once we've got a fourth. And the person in question wakes up... giving that another half hour, heh.

[Sean Mirrsen]

It is possible to send an object into Earth orbit by a single application of force - meaning a single hard punt from the ground, and letting gravity do its thing afterwards. It won't technically be a stable orbit, but it will be outside of the atmosphere, and not in any immediate danger of crashing into things. This is assuming the object is otherwise indestructible, or is provided some form of protection from both the punt and the atmosphere during ascent.

It's not really an orbit if it's going to come crashing back down.

Hehe, nope. A nice elliptic orbit with a perigee higher than the edge of Earth's atmosphere and an apogee... way higher than that. Not in danger of crashing into anything for at least a few years, maybe longer if done right.

...can you draw this for me?
This does not agree with how I know orbits work.

This is what you get when all you think of is pure math. You should play more KSP. Punt to an apogee of anywhere between 360-400K kilometers, acquire Moon gravity assist to bring up perigee, become safely in orbit for a few years until the Moon syncs up and comes close enough to severely affect the orbit again. It's not just the force or the angle, it's also the timing and location of the punt that count. ^_^

[Graknorke]

It is possible to send an object into Earth orbit by a single application of force - meaning a single hard punt from the ground, and letting gravity do its thing afterwards. It won't technically be a stable orbit, but it will be outside of the atmosphere, and not in any immediate danger of crashing into things. This is assuming the object is otherwise indestructible, or is provided some form of protection from both the punt and the atmosphere during ascent.

It's not really an orbit if it's going to come crashing back down.

Hehe, nope. A nice elliptic orbit with a perigee higher than the edge of Earth's atmosphere and an apogee... way higher than that. Not in danger of crashing into anything for at least a few years, maybe longer if done right.

...can you draw this for me?
This does not agree with how I know orbits work.

This is what you get when all you think of is pure math. You should play more KSP. Punt to an apogee of anywhere between 360-400K kilometers, acquire Moon gravity assist to bring up perigee, become safely in orbit for a few years until the Moon syncs up and comes close enough to severely affect the orbit again. It's not just the force or the angle, it's also the timing and location of the punt that count. ^_^

Hey, you didn't tell me the moon was involved.

[Empty]

Oh well. Why not. I'm up for being included in a 4pack. Can you pay with paypal?

[freeformschooler]

Oh well. Why not. I'm up for being included in a 4pack. Can you pay with paypal?

Yeah, I think that's the idea. Lookie, we got our fourth person!

[Frumple]

So we do! Sirus still in, yeah? E: And cleared with the account holder. I've got the paypal information waiting for Siri to chime in, then I'll PM it out. E2: Or I'll go ahead and send it to you and Empty, and wait for Siri. Push comes to shove, I'll cover the remainder if Sirus runs into problems and someone else doesn't jump in. E3: And PMs sent~

[ScriptWolf]

I will be giving away 2 copy's of this next month as well

[Poltifar]

They are getting money at crazy speeds. I wonder how long this will last before it slows down.

[Sirus]

Still interested! Would I need a PayPall account of my own? I've never done something like this

[Frumple]

I... think so? A means to transfer something to a paypal account, anyway. Which I'm fairly sure entails one, heh. Check the site for more info, heh.

[Sirus]

Hmm. Alrighty then, let me take a look around the website. Looks like there'll be some fees involved if anyone is outside of the US :/

[Frumple]

Ah. Yeah, small one, looks like. ~40 cent on the upper end, from what I'm calculatin'. If it's a big thing, I'd probably be willin' to cover the difference 'tween th'11.25 and the fee. Just find out how much it is and send 10-whatever.

[Sirus]

Question! How much personal information is revealed when a PayPal transfer is done? Email address, probably. What about names and stuff?