[gurps] Stealthy shuttles

[Zan Lynx]

Onno Meyer wrote:
>> Enter the atmosphere slowly....
> 
> There is always the unspoken assumption that you're in planetary orbit.
> That does not have to be true. Say the shuttle is moving on a slightly 
> eccentric orbit around the sun, timed to coincide with earth orbit at just
> about zero relative velocity. Earth gravity will of course affect the shuttle
> (and vice versa, but that's astronomically small).

That would probably work.  It would be a pretty slow approach.  Better
hope your astrogator remembers to account for the Moon in his
calculations. :-)

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