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Isn't that simply the history of humanity? Stone points, throwing sticks, slings and bows are all enhancements. Levers and inclinded planes, eye glasses and anti-biotics, transfusions and organ transplants, in vetro fertilization and Viagra... where are you drawing the magic (entirely...

Speed break is the answer. Might I recommend my own MER addon? Click on the icons in my signature section below for a link to Orbithagar. You will find a pretty good example of a Spacecraft3 parachute, IMHO. Good luck!

No, no - good second example. Vicksburg, too, got the SH:censored:T kicked out of it! Civilians spent a month hiding in dugouts and caves as their fellow citizens dropped thousands of 13" diameter exploding shells on top of them. However, it is worth remembering that the Civil War started...

Consider also Atlanta, 1864.

Consider this angle on the issue of "martial law." The U.S Coast Guard (and its predessor Revenue Cutter Service) is an "armed service" carrying out law enforcement duties since 1790. The Coast Guard is specifically exempted from the Posse Comitatus Act, in part because, in peace time, it was...

I think I'm as Liberal as most American Orbiternauts (though perhaps not Liberal at all by European standards) and I can't say I'm much worried about this. One might argue that this is the National Guard's job, but it's sometimes hard to get National Guard units quickly mobilized and across...

My mistake!! The v2.1 .zip file did not include the Config\Stage.cfg which is used by Multistage. I have just corrected the Skylab1973.zip file. Download it again from Orbithangar and reinstall.

That just might be enough for me to buy up McCain's seven houses and 14 cars...

This is a slight revision to the new Skylab1973. Version 2.1 adds a second set of meshes and configs that relocates Skylab's docking target to aligh with the AMSO Command Module docking reticule. See the screen shot... Version 2.1 contains the complete addon - if you are making your first...

Raghanor, I just tried a download - no problem (and done in less than 20 seconds - good connection this a.m.) I use Internet Explorer. I have to right click on the Download button which brings up a menu, then left click on the Save As item.

Maybe... The neighborhood just doesn't seem be what it once was...

OK, I am feeling charitable (the Left chambers of my Liberal heart are bleeding for... you??) So, here is something to cheer you up - gasoline topped out at $4.00 per gallon in our neighborhood. I did my own Ike preparations by filling up last week.

Well done, Greg! I trust you set yourselves up with non-perishable food and plenty of water before the storm. It's hard to believe how many folks weren't prepared, especially with something like two weeks warning. But maybe the reports we hear are just the media doing their usual best to...

Ship interiors are above my current pay grade! That would definitely be Version 3, and I wouldn't expect it for a year or more. If someone else wants to tackle it, more power to them. Besides, I may have a chore patching up V2.0 to coordinate with the next SSU when it comes out ;)

Sorry, I just got too burned out to make an undamaged Skylab. Perhaps when I recover.

I surrender! This trumps everything else!

I am surprised that an idle observation inspired by a TV show generated so many responses. I suppose a provacative title for the thread helps ;) Most of the responses talk about the impact of computers and the internet, as though that refutes my observation that there were many...

Like I said, doing it alone is the deal breaker. Going to Mars with no prospect of returning to Earth, but doing it with other people as a colonzing effort, makes some sense. As with all colonizing efforts, one of the goals would be to establish a self-sustaining, self-perpetuating community...

I am looking forward to giving this a try. The screen shot at Orbithangar looks scary!

I can't resist commenting - Doesn't this describe every human being ever born? (In as much as every human being must die sometime.) Lots of folks have left their "home world" to live and die in the Americas or Africa or Australia with no thought of ever returning home. Techincal difficulties...