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I've done several orbiquizes in the past, and they always turn out to be fun. We always have a good time. I'm thinking of trying something different, though. I've been thinking of doing an Orbiquiz "Tournament". It will be run like most tournaments are, with the winners moving on and everyone...

These things are becoming an annual occurrence. Now that I've gotten back into Orbiter for a bit, I think it's time for another... ****ORBIQUIZ**** I shall be hosting the quiz on: Sunday, February 10th, at 21:00 GMT. Location: #orbiquiz, on the systemnet IRC. The rules are the standard...

Long time since my last post...woops. Recently, I've started learning how to do slings with TransX. I slung around Jupiter to Saturn, and accidentally entered a retrograde orbit. I thought that I could use Titan's atmosphere to slow down, possibly for aerocapture. I don't know, I just decided...

I do believe that it is time again for another Orbiquiz! I've received some books and DVDs on NASA, so you'd better brush up on your space flight knowledge! (Both the fairly obvious stuff and not-so-obvious stuff) If there's going to be an overarching theme in this orbiquiz, it will be mainly...

I guess I should start at the beginning... I was looking up some rocketry videos on youtube, and came across the "fire in a jar" trick: put some ethyl alcohol in a 5 gallon water jug, vaporize (just shake it around), and drop a match in. It makes a giant woosh. I've seen this before, but...

A while ago, I watched a video called "E=mc2: Einsteins Big Idea". It went though the history of all the parts of the equation, and is generally an incredibly good watch. It's on youtube, I would HIGHLY suggest it. This got me thinking about the speed of light and such. Everyone knows that...

So, I realized lately that I love the Orbiter Community. Not like "Oh, I love you guys, you are the greatest," but more of "You know, I've grown to these people like they are my family." I do feel like you guys are my 2nd family, so I think all of you deserve to know a little history on me. If...

I have 2 ideas for any upcoming XR vessel that I think would not only improve pilot work load, but also make the XR series that much more realistic: 1) Fuel dump thrust. On the XR2, when you are venting LOX/fuel overboard, you see it squirting out the back, at what appears to be high...

Okay, so i've got three problems that all arose on my Trip to mars. 1) Orbiter Crashing Reliably 2) The Arrow VC disappearing 3) The Scenario placing me near the sun OS: Windows 7 CPU: Pentium DualCore 2.3 GHz RAM: 3 GB GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8200M Lets start with the first one: Even on a vanilla...

Hello everyone! Now that school has started, I have free time once again! Scary thought, I know. Anyway, I'm on the Orbiter IRC for an incredible amount of hours each day, and I sat there one day thinking "Hm, we haven't had an OrbiQuiz in a while...I should prepare one!". So here I am, the...

Recently, i've been fantasizing about sending the Apollo CSM on a grand tour, like voyager. But before I do that, I first have to actually figure out the Grand tour setup. TO THE INTERNET! *30 minutes later* The transX tutorials on youtube have allowed me to setup the voyager trip. It's all...

So, I thought of a challenge for anyone experienced in TransX or IMFD to try out. I'm not sure if this is even possible, but If it is, I'd love to see a replay of it :) 1) Start on Mars, Inject to earth 2) AeroSling around Earth into a free-return around the moon 3) Direct entry from the moon...

If this has already been answered, I apologize. I have been working with TNeo on building a station in orbit. As with any large construction site, the Dragonfly is in order. The Dragonfly worked fine for me in 2006P1, but now in 2010P1, I'm having some issues: 1) The docking panel is black...

I apologize if this has already been covered; I have not been on the forums for a while, and I could not find a topic on this. I am using the latest version of TransX (TransX) with Orbiter 2010p1. I have Gravity Gradient Torque, Radiation Pressure, and Non-spherical gravity sources turned on...

How often have you heard this (or something similar) on a science fiction show/movie: "Punch in the coordinates for the warp drive" Now, lets assume a couple things: There is technology present to achieve a "simulated" faster than light travel, be it through wormholes, "warp" drives...

Rumors, Rumors, and More Rumors The Public Story As many of you know, the company Nae Technologies hasn't been active in quite some time. The planned launcher never surfaced, and many of the members quit. As Nae Technologies' stocks plunged, the CEO, Ted Hantvi, stated that, "he would stick with...

"I told you we should have turned left at mars!" "Nono, don't hit the throttle yet!!!" "Why don't you just get out and ask for dire....nevermind." "Great, just great. We're stuck in orbit around Jupiter with no fuel left. Just great. You know what, you do this all the time, and I don't even know...

(Thread inspired by My and Izack's blog post, Name inspired by fireballs619) The idea for OFPS is to create our own planetary system of worlds created by orbinauts. Purpose: I guess someone could make orbiter planets out of them, but It'd be cool to see everyone's idea on a planet: how it looks...

So, yesterday after work, a friend called me and started talking about his Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) campaign world that he's creating. Most of it went in one ear and out the other, but the one thing that stuck was the idea of creating a world. After I hung up, I thought "that'd be fun to make...

So, recently I accomplished a task I've been toying with for about a month: Docking the CM (from AMSO), and ONLY the CM, to the ISS. Now, I did it with a little twist: I used the LM as the "alignment ship". The service module was jettisoned about 5km away from the ISS. Now, here's my...