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		themafia 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K ... > Do you have any idea how much closer the ISS is than the moon?? Distance isn't the factor. Useful payload to destination and required Delta V are. Leaving earth is 10 km/s. TLI is 4 km/s.

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gus_massa 1 day ago [–]

Obligatory link to old reddit graphic https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ekgm2g/i_made_a_delt...

It does not have the ISS, but IIUC it's slightly over "Low Earth Orbit".

(I'd love to see one where the distances are draw proportional to Delta V.)

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