The moon lander optimal control problem revisited
We revisit the control problem for a spacecraft to land on the moon surface at rest with minimal fuel consumption. We show that a detailed analysis in the related 3D phase space uncovers the existence of infinitely many safe landing curves, contrary to several former 2D descriptions that implicitly...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2021-03-01
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Series: | Mathematics in Engineering |
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Online Access: | http://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mine.2021040?viewType=HTML |