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I'm a historian (in training) by profession and passion, but I have a lighter, avocational interest in a number of other fields, among them mathematics, astronomy, and astronautics. To that end, in my free time I like to supplement my (ongoing) formal education with self-study in a number of...

My interest in Orbiter comes and goes in spurts, and I'm feeling a resurgence of interest right now. Out of curiosity, I went to see if there had been anything new released for NASSP since I last updated everything about this time last year. Regrettably, there was not. I went to check the...

I'm running the Apollo 11 VAGC scenario from the latest NASSP beta, and I'm running through the VAGC checklist spreadsheet manually. I get to the step that has me input V16 N65. I press "VERB 1 6 NOUN 6 5 ENTR", and nothing shows up on the display--nothing shows up under the VERB or NOUN...

Would anyone mind giving me an idea of what sort of position (via graphical reference, description, whatever) of what kind of position the MSS needs to be in to deatch it from the crawler-transporter? I can get the mobile launcher into position just fine, but despite several attempts, backing...

I'm coming back to Orbiter after a bit of a hiatus, and I've downloaded the Orbiter 2010-P1 Windows Installer package. However, when I install it, all the pre-installation setup goes fine. But then when I get to the actual installation screen, it comes up with a "The system cannot find the...

All natural sciences and technical fields do is develop tools. They're merely means to an end, not an end in themselves. But the liberal arts and humanities ARE the end in themselves. The liberal arts and humanities deal with what it means to be a human being, what it means to live.. They're...

is opcOpenRenderViewport() appropriate for use for initializations that take place when the simulation starts? The documentation says it's for when you need to know how big the rendering window is, but that only takes place when you start the sim, so... As a practical matter, I've tested it...

Has Face's OMP project made any significant progress in the last couple of years? I remember he and I were working on separate projects, utilizing different concepts of how to manage the universe, but comparing notes as far as technical implementation of certain fundamental ideas (time...

It'd be an interesting exercise to use Orbiter to attempt to predict how armed combat in outer space is likely to evolve. What technological hurdles would need to be cleared before Orbiter can be used to effectively simulate space combat, and then what form is that combat likely to take?

I've noticed a disproportionately large number of Hoosiers on here (I'm a Boiler, but I'm still a Hoosier).

R.I.P., Slingin' Sammy.

So I've been working on a multiplayer system off-and-on for a couple of years now, and here are my design thoughts for you to chew on, hopefully to get some input as I pick back up on it. Time acceleration: there is an SDK function that can set the time acceleration level. Every frame, the...