13 Jan
2012
13 Jan
'12
8:29 p.m.
A picture was requested. The maneuver I described is well known and is called a Hohmann Transfer. Here is a picture
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hohmann_transfer_orbit.png
and here is the Wikipedia article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohmann_transfer_orbit
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