
Originally Posted by
Soul Doctor
so if i played a simulation of going to the moon perfectly it means i could go to the moon already?
If what you're simulating is an existing propulsion technology that is launch-capable, yes, you can go to the moon. This is the current philosophy of Branson, Musk, Carmack and Bigelow(owners of the first Commercial Space companies, Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and Armadillo Aerospace, Bigelow Aerospace, respectively)--Newtonian physics is Newtonian Physics, and that's why there's no reason for us to not to be able to land on the moon. Orbital mechanics and Kepler's Laws are laws because they are established as fact. A spacecraft in cislunar space obeys these laws, because Newtonian principles are fact--it's not going anywhere and it's not going to change, unless for some reason the universe itself changes in a snap of a finger, or if we reach a velocity that would include relativistic effects (which is, another story).
-RODION