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Finally Succesful 2016 under Mint - PlayOnLinux (wine) I have tried to install 2016 on Linux Mint through several tutorials, and failed. Simply put, I didn't know all the "lingo" and "shortcuts" people just assume I know. I'm not a "noob" to Linux, but just don't have the time to devote to...

Velocity of Solar System Good grief! This thread was started in '08, and now you guys have picked it up again. I love this forum. How about back to the original question. Try this solution. Is our solar system actually orbiting the center of the galaxy, OR are we just traveling along with our...

I think I smell a new movie coming on SciFi.

Uh, instead of going through all of this can you not just get to the Moon first then do a fairly economical trajectory change from a high altitude? The Moon doesn't have THAT much gravity. It doesn't seem that I use up that much fuel lining up with Brighton, and I launch from all sorts of wierd...

My TransX manual is V3.0. Does anybody know of a newer one? Is anyone working on an update? Duncan? :blackeye:

Faaar out! All I ask is that there be a big button on the center of the console.

Seven, I've tried several installers and finally decided to just re-do Orbiter now and then with a fresh reload. I concentrate more on the structure of my storage directory where I keep everything. With orbiter, re-installation is not such a big thing at all. Especially if you experiment with...

Today we have good people working for NASA, NOAA and the Space Command who keep us updated on space conditions that might affect the space station, shuttle runs, and of course expensive satellites in orbit. Space weather has been a significant concern since the day when Skylab was brought down...

So will there be Space Police in the days of 1-G travel? Well, there are going to have to be rules, mostly for people's own protection and to keep competitors on fair ground, and so there are going to have to be people who enforce the rules. 1-G travel will NOT change humanity overnight. Space...

:) I KNOW this thing is going to happen ... someday. I hope it's fairly soon. WHEN the technology for a 1-G spacecraft dawns, events will probably move quickly. Everyone knows that even space is all about Capitalism. As with all the follow-on to major discoveries and ventures of the past, what...

Martin, would it be possible to get the current solar flux off the internet and optionally use the real-time values? Will we be able to put the value in ourselves? Also, what up with this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7794834.stm

Others here are better on missiles than me, but I'll have a stab. The Redstones (by Chrysler) apparently didn't have the fuel capacity to get a Mercury capsule into orbit, which is why the Atlas was used. I'm thinking also that the larger diameter Gemini capsules wouldn't have fit on a...

Thinking about what would happen to a 1-G spaceship IF it could NOT decelerate after reaching the halfway point in it's journey. Had the idea that any trip should be a two-jump process: accelerating toward the destination for 1/4 of the trip, decelerating down to zero, then accelerating again to...

I guess one issue people have regarding long trips (like Saturn) is the chance of striking something like a rock (small asteroid, whatever) enroute. Speed of a 1-G craft would be very high at midpoint. I think the issue is one of "acceptable risk". We take acceptable risks every time we drive a...

You might want to read these pages if you haven't already. http://nmp.nasa.gov/ds1/tech/ionpropfaq.html http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/deepspace_propulsion_000816.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132821.htm...