https://www.mickdarling.com/tags/napkin-math/Recent content in Napkin-Math on Mick DarlingHugo -- 0.146.0en-usSun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.mickdarling.com/2026/05/orbital-lifeboats-napkin-math-for-space-rescue/Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.mickdarling.com/2026/05/orbital-lifeboats-napkin-math-for-space-rescue/A side-quest exploring whether you could pre-position emergency rescue caches across the solar system, and the orbital mechanics that make it weird.https://www.mickdarling.com/play/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://www.mickdarling.com/play/Side quests. Ideas worth an afternoon and some order-of-magnitude math, whether or not they go anywhere.