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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Filippo Gazzola, Elsa M. Marchini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2021-03-01
Series:Mathematics in Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mine.2021040?viewType=HTML