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NOT YET COMPLETE: Figure-8 Rocket Orbit
Solutions approximated with Runge-Kutta method
Newton's Law of Gravitation
\[ \begin{aligned} \ddot{\textbf{r}} = -GM_1\frac{\textbf{r}-\textbf{r}_1}{|\textbf{r} - \textbf{r}_1|^3} - GM_2\frac{\textbf{r}-\textbf{r}_2}{|\textbf{r} - \textbf{r}_2|^3} \end{aligned} \]
The rocket has a controller on it that dictates thrust to try keep it on an optimal orbit (hence the jerky mechanics)
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