All 11 Uses
trajectory
in
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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- Then I had seen her at end in free trajectory—curled into ball in air and had hit a yellow jacket in knees, he whose jaw I broke a moment later.†
Chpt 10 *
- But my effective reflex time is much less, as I project and predict constantly, see ahead, program it out—in effect, I'll stay four seconds ahead of you in your trajectory and respond instantly.†
Chpt 15
- Last barge in trajectory would be taken by Poona Ground Control in slightly over one day and Earth would be told, nastily, that was last they would ever get.†
Chpt 21
- Vessels of private registry would be permitted to land if a) permission was requested ahead of time with ballistic plan, b) a vessel thus cleared placed itself under Luna Ground Control (Mike') at a distance of one hundred thousand kilometers while following approved trajectory, and c) was unarmed save for three hand guns permitted three officers.†
Chpt 22
- Reminded self that it couldn't fall on us from a departure ellipse looping back, would have to fall around Luna—unless ship had maneuvered into new trajectory.†
Chpt 24
- Those four reported tracking dead on by eyeball without touching manual controls—good news; meant that Mike had that baby taped, had solved trajectory perfectly.†
Chpt 24
- Departure speed from a catapult is highly critical and a variation on order of one percent could double or halve trajectory time, Luna to Terra.†
Chpt 25
- Sure, Mike was used to having many loads in trajectory at once—but had never had to astrogate more than one at a time.†
Chpt 25
- So I've ordered the catapult head—you have, I mean—to prepare to launch every load we can get ready, and I am now working out new, long-period trajectories for each of them.†
Chpt 26
- So we place all ammo from the old catapult in slow trajectories, which forces the admiral to go after the radars rather than the catapult—or both.†
Chpt 26
- When finished—forty minutes—every load in trajectory intended for an inland target had been retargeted for a seacoast city—with hedge to my bet that execution was delayed for rocks farther back.†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(1)
(trajectory) the path followed by an object moving through space
or:
the path of any sequence of events - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)