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FLIP & BURN Vehicle inverting for deceleration burn
Orbital insertion successful Cresting at target — drive cold, on station
G-load 0.43 g Crew on the juice
p-¹¹B Voyage Simulator · Lobster Labs
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Concept demonstration. Assumes p-¹¹B ignition (not yet demonstrated by any system). Brachistochrone A constant-acceleration trajectory profile: thrust forward to the midpoint, flip the ship 180°, then thrust backward to decelerate. Total Δv = 2·√(d·a). Natural for high-Isp drives where propellant is cheap relative to time. trajectories with lead-angle rendezvous; solar gravity neglected during transit. Planet positions from J2000 mean orbital elements via Spacekit (forked). Physics & open questions →