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Three firms are looking into buying the rights to the Atlas V, putting AR-1 engines on the first stage, and selling it as a competitor to the ULA's Vulcan and SpaceX's Falcon 9. A small portion of the article follows: So, thoughts?

As we all know, the hardest part of creating a new rocket is naming it, closely followed by creating the vehicle logo:P. So, after asking it's employees and the general public for suggestions, the ULA is taking the top choices from that and letting the internet vote on it's favorite in a poll...

Inspired by what I read here(http://www.airvectors.net/avzel.html) about the idea of launching aircraft without using airfields, I figured I'd dig around in Velcro for a solid rocket to use, change a few things in it's .cfg, and start blasting Deltagliders and a few other aircraft into the air...

I was getting ready to experiment with using upper stages in the shuttle, starting out with the IUS. Velcro Rockets has an IUS so I thought to try attaching one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/70769070@N08/6398090893/ Here is the scenario file for the picture above: BEGIN_DESC Endeavour Ready...

Sometimes I don't set things up right before into Orbiter, and sometimes I change plans. Saving+exiting to edit the scenario file by hand makes my brain shift gears, so to speak, and shifting back to Orbiting mode takes a bit. A way to change skins with the scenario editor would be a welcomed...

I found a neat Stargate City Ship over at the Rag Tag Fleet and wanted to hide it in the solar system to be "discovered" by intrepid Ummus. Problem is I don't know where to hide it so it won't be discovered by telescopes or other Earth-based instruments. Probes are okay, so long as there isn't...

My problem is I want to calculate the delta-v of a rocket+rocket+payload in game, but looking in the object info box doesn't show a Isp value. There is a 'Thruster Ratings(vac)' line, but I'm not sure what those numbers mean. Could someone explain what to do to me?

I've tried loading the scenarios provided with LTMFD, I've even tried opening the MFD in a scenario, and Orbiter crashes whenever there is a LTMFD open in the simulator. I've tried today to clear all modules except OrbiterSound and the Scenario Editor and it still crashes, even with the...

I have managed to rendezvous and dock with the ISS today. Not that big of a deal to most on this forum, except this was the first time for me. Yes, this is a sentimental little writing about my feelings at this point, and what I'm thinking about now that I have taken the first real leap outward...

So there is three Buran addons at Orbit hanger: CVEL-Buran, BURAN2, and Buran3.03Beta. The question is which is the best. I read on the forums that none are fantastic, and there seems to be a group of Orbinauts out there that have asked for a good Buran to use. I found that I can hook the stock...

My problem is this, after activating SuborbitMfd I had problems loading vessels with the scrEditor as detailed in this post. At first I thought it was a problem with specific vessels but loading the shuttle A caused a crash when I loaded it via the scrEditor. I also couldn't switch vessels as...

I just got Greg Burch's LSTS addons and the TotalImmersion stuff for it and I had a CTD when I tried to spawn one from the scnEditer. This is my Orbiter.log from the CTD **** Orbiter.log Build Sep 29 2006 [v.060929] Found 0 joystick(s) Module AtlantisConfig.dll [API v.060425] Module...

Most of the time in Orbiter2006p1(which is what I'm using) it runs at about 10-30 fps. Sometimes Orbiter "hiccups" and it freezes for x amount of time and then it works again, only now it acts as if it had been time accelerated for the time it frozen, which is frustrating when your trying to do...

A day or so ago I realized that my plans for orbiter required tanker craft. Thinking about it, it seems that taking the Shuttle A and modifying it would simply be the easiest way to fill the need. As it is a cargo carrier, it has the lifting power and the space on its frame to fit fuel tanks on...

Hello, this is a cry from a groundling to all you giants up there. I want to have trucked (in a manner of speaking) a space station into orbit, put people out to crew it, and done all the nitty-gritty piloting to make it happen. What I want is for this hypothetical station to have is UCGO...

HAIL :probe:! Ahem. I registered awhile back but never got around to making that first post. So.... FIRST POST!