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    News Sir Richard Branson gains licence for commercial spaceflights.

    SpaceX at this point has flown WAYYYYY past either of them. If I may, one needs a little blue pill to get it up, and the other is still a virgin! :p
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    Updates STS-135 Updates

    It's been 10 years after STS-135... And SLS/Orion has STILL not launched yet. Thank goodness for SpaceX.
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    Clouds of Venus 'simply too dry' to support life

    As always, the overblown hype in the original story was... overblown.
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    Question reflective surfaces

    Yes, but also the new way the surface and elevation files are done.
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    Question reflective surfaces

    Maybe it's reflected because it is rendered in the new way that was introduced in Orbiter 2016, while much of the outer planets is done in the old way.
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    Flight Question DEEPSTAR orbiting Jupiter PEA 14500 km; IMFD TO SATURN: anomalously high vector velocity VS course plan

    Try to adjust the eject trajectory to be as parallel to your current orbit as possible to further reduce. If it is still higher, it's probably because you're doing a decent amount of either plane change or inward/outward burning.
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    Flight Question DEEPSTAR orbiting Jupiter PEA 14500 km; IMFD TO SATURN: anomalously high vector velocity VS course plan

    Can you adjust your time to eject to be parallel to your current orbit? Also, it could be the gravity of Jupiter that may be having an effect on the amount required to burn out. I usually avoid getting so close to Jupiter.
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    General Question XR5 Vanguard but it's a passenger spaceliner: Editing the Model File?

    A good large passenger craft is the G42 Starliner, though it comes with a larger learning curve than the XR series. Dgatsoulis has a great video showing the ascent process: As for XR vessels, I do recall that the XR4 Nyx was supposed to have a pressurized cargo bay that would potentially...
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    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

    Approaching Venus Venus Flyby Mercury Encounter Mercury Capture Burn Satellite Deployment
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    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

    XR2 Docking Approach to ICV Cockpit View Earth Departure Earth View
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    Request Artemis landers

    Dynetics please!!!!!! They have SUCH a good design!
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    News Yuri Gagarin

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    Idea plugin VHS

    I think you'd need to ask the D3D9 team for that. Otherwise, the only way to do so would be to record and edit in post.
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    Meanwhile, a few governors stateside have been caught covering up data. First it's Cuomo, then Whitmer and maybe Pompeo next.
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    New Release D3D9Client Development

    Is this for the high-res Mercury textures? I remember the description on those mentioning that they only work with the latest beta. That may have something to do with it.
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    New Release "Artemis 8" using Dragon

    Makes too much sense. Will never be done. But otherwise a fun mission to fly!
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    Search Orbital stations

    NASA Station makes for a good Earth orbit "home base" that I like to use personally: https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=c8f431eb-6cac-4352-a683-626508324941 ESS Station is also a good choice that I use for my Mars station...
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    OHM Brighton Beach LV17 surface tiles

    The extra detail is great! One thing I would request is to increase the area covered. Seems a bit limited looking farther out at a distance.
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    News WhatsApp is about to ruin our privacy

    Use Signal instead. No corporate or fed goons get your data.
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    Question Should Elon Musk Launch his own mission to the moon ?

    Yes. The more competition we have in going to space, the better it will be, both public and private. Let's kick this new space race into high gear!
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