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[General] do beings like Superman with the ability to fly in space need to consider orbital mechanics?

I’ve noticed that individuals like Superman, Capitan Marvel, Omni Man, etc… seem to fly through space with little to no consideration of orbital mechanics. Is this simply because it’s too complicated a subject for writers to include when considering super powered space flight, or is there some concept in astrophysics that allows them to maneuver freely without considering orbital mechanics?
gpt
When you drive a car, you pretty quickly learn to adjust how much to turn the wheel to account for how fast you are going.

It’s actually fairly complicated if you think about it - at five miles an hour you turn the steering wheel a lot to move over five feet, but at sixty miles an hour you just turn slightly to accomplish the same thing.

But your brain does that work for you, subconsciously.


The same mechanism applies to space flight - yes, NASA needs to perform calculations ahead of time to estimate trajectories, delta V, and do on - but a human (well, anyone with a highly evolved brain in their head) can ‘see’ where they are headed and adjust their speed and angle to get where they want to go.