Well, except that the Anarchist's Cook Book is infamous for its dangerously incorrect formulas and procedures...
And, while the hard SF fans will always be horribly offended by it, for Macross and most anime flying and fighting in space is, in fact, just like flying and fighting in atmosphere. You bank around to turn, constant thrust gives constant velocity, no flying backwards without a VTOL mode, etc. The only real difference is not falling out of the skyif your engines stop working - which is itself a Hollywood-physics cliche, since even fighter planes can glide somewhat, though their sink rate is such that unpowered landings tend to do very unkind things to the landing gear if it survives at all.
ETA: "Where (etc"
"You get special training."
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
And, while the hard SF fans will always be horribly offended by it, for Macross and most anime flying and fighting in space is, in fact, just like flying and fighting in atmosphere. You bank around to turn, constant thrust gives constant velocity, no flying backwards without a VTOL mode, etc. The only real difference is not falling out of the skyif your engines stop working - which is itself a Hollywood-physics cliche, since even fighter planes can glide somewhat, though their sink rate is such that unpowered landings tend to do very unkind things to the landing gear if it survives at all.
ETA: "Where (etc"
"You get special training."
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows