Talk:Interplanetary Transport Network

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[edit] Spelling

Is this the correct spelling? Is it really "superhiway" instead of "superhighway"? I find no Google hits with this spelling. -- Zoe

I looked in the article quoted, and they used "superhighway," so I moved it. - Montréalais

[edit] Chaos theory?

How exactly does chaos theory predict these orbit transfers? That line assuming it is not total nonsense shoudl be explained and cited. Dalf | Talk 06:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Please excuse my spelling for my following comment... I don't entirely disagree with the previous comment, however, a three body system is in most cases chaotic. Our own solar system, not to mention other planetary systems, etc., is more than a three body system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.207.81 (talk) 08:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Section removed

I removed an entire section of text here [1] - it mentions things like atomic theory and dynamical systems. I don't think the connection is apparent. Thoughts? --HappyCamper 01:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Some of the papers linked to discuss the relationships, and cover both topics with the same mathematics. I'd personally prefer that the text be left, and the connections made more explicit. Nahaj 01:11, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Which papers specifically? The dynamics of transition states are quantum mechanical in nature, whereas this is based on classical mechanics. If this connection is really there, it is not stating it clearly. --HappyCamper 01:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Now that you've removed the section, instead of not saying it clearly, it doesn't say it at all. The specific article "Transport in dynamical astronomy and multibody problems" (Part of Caltech's Review and tutorial serices) covers exactly that. And the following three links from the article address the connection directly, just like you would expect from their titles: "Mathematics Unites The Heavens And The Atom" Space Daily, 28 Sep 2005 (French) "Les mathematiques unifient la dynamique interplanetaire et l'atome" Techno Science (Spanish) "Las matematicas celestes son equivalentes a las de la fisica atomica" Tendencias 21
I'd rather it not mention the connections at all in the manner that it was like before, but I'll revert the article back to before. It's probably better to leave it there so others can judge for themselves the contents of the papers. An axuillary concern I have now, is that the text that I removed in the edit is rather similar to first paragraph at spacedaily. Some copyright concerns here, but I'll defer that to another Wikipedian to take care of in the future.
I think I'm going to spend time publishing a paper on this instead. Cheers, --HappyCamper 04:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I've rewritten the section in question. Amcfreely 21:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links - paring down

There are a great number of external links that seem to not be particularly centered on the topic at hand, in particular links to all of the talks by Shane Ross at Caltech. I do not know this topic well, but as a naive reader, it seems that perhaps one or two articles from a given author would be appropriate, but that author's entire on-line publishing and speaking history would be better placed in an article about the person. That said, I've pared down the external links section greatly, but would appreciate discussion here if anyone feels that this is in error. --Zippy 23:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diagram

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It would be useful to show a scientific diagram of how this works, perhaps with a specific example trajectory. -- Beland (talk) 05:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC)