Disclaimer: I am very new to Orbiter.
I am a teacher at a middle school. As part of my duties I get to teach an elective class. I would dearly like to use Orbiter to teach the basics of spaceflight (e.g. Prograde, Retrograde, Eccentricity, how and when to burn to change Eccentricity/Orbit, etc.).
Has anyone tried this before and/or does any have suggestions on how I might do this?
Ultimately it would be cool if I could get the kids to plan a trip to the moon including:
- How much food to bring
- How much Oxygen to bring
- What are our weight limitations (i.e. Max Payload capacity)
I am a teacher at a middle school. As part of my duties I get to teach an elective class. I would dearly like to use Orbiter to teach the basics of spaceflight (e.g. Prograde, Retrograde, Eccentricity, how and when to burn to change Eccentricity/Orbit, etc.).
Has anyone tried this before and/or does any have suggestions on how I might do this?
Ultimately it would be cool if I could get the kids to plan a trip to the moon including:
- Orbital dynamics
- Resource planning
- How much food to bring
- How much Oxygen to bring
- What are our weight limitations (i.e. Max Payload capacity)
- What science do we plan on doing when we get there?
- A mock flight to the moon played back on Orbiter using our parameters.