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Ah, I think I understand it now. When after the burn I start to fall towards earth, but slower and slower until I leave the moons SOI, then I speed up again. Thats why I dont go all the way back to the moon, but only to the SOI plus whatever velocity I had when I reached that spot on my way...

Thanks for the replies. So, that date and velocity was chosen to get a low "Focus PeD"? "The MFD on the right shows your orbit after you've left the Moons sphere of influence (SOI)." I still don't quite understand how I can get an orbit in the right display that does not go all the way back...

I am probably doing something stupid here, but I just cannot figure out the first of Flytandems tutorials. It is the Lunar return one (http://flytandem.com/orbiter/tutorials/lunar_return/index.htm). The first problem I have is that I do not understand what it is I see on the right MFD when I...

The best tutorials I have found are the flytandem ones. They are extremely good in my opinion.