12:50 <queqiao-> ⟨justaregular911_58885⟩ so I'm about to start constructing a Sapce Spation in KSRSS. What inclination should I launch it in such that it still remains accessible from Cape Canaveral even after the effects of nodal precession?

12:50 <queqiao-> ⟨justaregular911_58885⟩ * Station

12:54 <queqiao-> ⟨egg⟩ Nodal precession does not affect your inclination (nodal precession of the moon affects its inclination with respect to the equator, but that is because it is the nodal precession with respect to the ecliptic).

13:02 <queqiao-> ⟨justaregular911_58885⟩ hmmm so basically if I'm understanding correctly, the inclination remains the same, but the position of the nodes change w.r.t an inertial reference frame (Earth's center maybe??)

13:04 <queqiao-> ⟨GoForPDI (less drag=more faster)⟩ You could try the IRL pretty much universal station inclination of 51.6

16:25 <queqiao-> ⟨redtyro⟩ wasn't that inclination chosen so the russians could get to it from their higher inclination? I'd assume you could go lower if you're only trying to access it from the cape

16:33 <queqiao-> ⟨raptop | ²³⁹Pu powered⟩ That was why. Looks like Skylab went with 50° for earth observation purposes. (And I could swear that at some point they were considering 65°)

16:35 <queqiao-> ⟨redtyro⟩ was it actual science observation or were they going for "earth observation" like they launched "weather satellites?"

16:36 <queqiao-> ⟨GoForPDI (less drag=more faster)⟩ I believe it was actual science since Skylab was a civilian station

16:37 <queqiao-> ⟨raptop | ²³⁹Pu powered⟩ I'd assume more the former, though the actual benefits were a bit hit or miss. Looks like Landsat 1 had launched a year earlier

16:38 <queqiao-> ⟨redtyro⟩ yeah, I know it was civilian, but that never stopped the military from influencing capability parameters... it's how we got the shuttle, after all

16:58 <_whitenotifier-536> [Principia] pleroy closed pull request #4001: Stehlé-Zimmermann multisearch - https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia/pull/4001

17:01 <_whitenotifier-536> [Principia] pleroy opened pull request #4002: Fix a bug in the Stehlé-Zimmermann when T goes all the way down to 0 - https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia/pull/4002

17:13 <queqiao-> ⟨lamont⟩ Stehlé-Zimmermann?

17:14 <queqiao-> ⟨egg⟩ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1467647

17:15 <queqiao-> ⟨lamont⟩ i kept finding this: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-24847-7_31

23:13 <_whitenotifier-536> [Principia] pleroy closed pull request #4002: Fix a bug in the Stehlé-Zimmermann algorithm when T goes all the way down to 0 - https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia/pull/4002