Velocity surfaces method speeds analysis of Earth–Moon transfer orbit

Velocity surfaces method speeds analysis of Earth–Moon transfer orbit

As space agencies prepare for a new era of crewed lunar exploration, one of the most demanding computational challenges in mission planning has just received a dramatic speedup. A team of researchers from the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha, China, has unveiled a fast new method—based on what they call velocity surfaces—for rapidly determining the set of Earth–Moon transfer orbits available to mission planners at any given …