Recent content by K_Jameson

Thank you! I'm particularly interested in the positioning of the launch pad umbilicals...

Hi folks! Here at Forum Orbiter Italia, a new humble project has begun: the "Nova" Heavy Launch Vehicle, a family of rockets intended to totally replace the old Neptune, Jarvis and Quasar launchers, that some seasoned orbinauts could maybe recall...

Definitely, Tesla isn't a solid source of money for now.

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-elon-musk-starship-moral-catastrophe.html

Urwumpe, you were skeptical about Starship one year ago or so. A big twist here. :)

I've three main areas of concern about the StarShip: timeline, design, resources. Timeline: Musk wants to launch SS in some months. I'm worried about this short timeline. The Mk1 appears more a mock-up than an operational vehicle that should fly at 20 km altitude. And the perspective of putting...

A Jarvis M rocket climbs into the sky.

From my archives, the Starfighter, the second Sagitta-class automatic spaceplane. The military one, complete with a new vehicle patch and the NATO flag.

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An early depiction of the Galileo spacecraft with the Centaur G-Prime stage, and my Galileo II in a similar fashion with the HES-5 stage.

L1 libration point?

My current desktop (remembering better times).

The loss of Cassini will be a sad, sad moment. A truly exceptional mission and an intrepid spacecraft. I wonder what will be my feelings when we will lose the contact with the Voyagers. The loss of Pioneer 10 had hurt me, at that time... Let alone Galileo (I was a huge fan of that mission).