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=== next steps ===
    - maneuvering
        - still need to render the spacecraft orbits
        - display orbital elements in UI
        - add more testing to maneuvers
            - not updating simulation, add checks along orbital path
            - might as well fix the inclination bug here
            - verify orbital elements change as expected
    - continue work on spacecraft rendering
        - default 3d object is way too big
        - render_state following booleans is clunky
    - modify config file structure, configuration names follow test file names
    - only then look at interplanetary transfers


=== Project Documentation ===
    - remember to periodically check the reference docs against new changes

=== Testing ===
    - we should match up our test case filenames with their associated config names

=== Simulation/Physics ===
    - actually, we should start out simpler. create and test maneuvers in planetary
        frame before starting on interplanetary patched conics, oops
        - will still need hohmann transfers, circularizing, plane change, etc.
    - check last commit for test modification, looks like we removed a lot of
        REQUIRE statements about parent transitions
    - IMPORTANT: for the graphical sim, we're calculating 100 physics steps per
        frame. we need to test, and make a compromise on performance vs sim
        accuracy, and have this set as a config constant, MAX_STEP_SIZE, with
        a good discription nearby in the code.
        - could also try an alternative step method with error function
            eg) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runge%E2%80%93Kutta%E2%80%93Fehlberg_method
    - remove bodies on non closed orbits after they are a certain distance from
        the root body, or bary-center
    - add and test 'satellite' objects that should not be in parents or have a
        SOI
    - see FIXME in src/simulation.cpp::calc_orbital_velocity about inclination

=== Simulation Config Files ===
    - relative coordinates for child bodies
        - can then use classic orbital elements instead of positions and velocities
    - a format with nested children would be nice

=== CTAGS ===
    - previously we've used the Makefile to generate tags when building,
        let's think about a way we can generate them without causing a conflict
        for people who don't use ctags

=== rendering ===
    - for starters, the minimum scaling of objects should be replaced with some
        kind of billboard system