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		bxparks on March 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Lander, a lunar lander style web game I crashed at 2499.1 mph by going sideways for a long long time. How accurate is your physics? If I hit orbital velocity, will I just orbit the moon? What if I hit escape velocity?

ehmorris on March 5, 2023 [–]

That is amazing. Not accurate at all really, unless the moon was an infinite plane I guess. If you hit escape velocity you'll never land!

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