Re: Why did it take so long to reach the moon

On Feb 25, 10:15�am, P...@xxxxxx wrote:
I was just looking at the Apollo 15 DVD set. �It showed them flying
over their landing site at GMT 96 hours and something. �that's 4 whole
days after launch. �If they were traveling at 25,000 MPH, they should
have made it in about 10 hours. �Did they slow down along the way? �Do
they orbit earth a few times to check things out or head for the moon
as soon as they're in the right position?

That would assume that they traveled in a straight line from the Earth
to the Moon. They didn't. They traveled in a curve.

David L. Rickman
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