Flight performance optimization, based on "method of steepest descent" is presented as computational scheme; example of planar transfer between planetary orbits via solar sail propulsion; approximations to flight paths from Earth's orbit to orbit of Mars.
Gradient theory of optimal flight paths
ARS -- J
ARS Journal ; 30 , n 10
1960
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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