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So, while having a boring train ride, facing the sun all the time, I wondered: What could be the biggest object in a current Earth's sky? For example I doubt a moon could appear much bigger than the current one is without us becoming the moon. Or the Sun is pretty much limited, too. Otherwise...

I'm not really a physicist and didn't understand half of it but I'll start a thread anyway. So, apparently it's not only CERN working on the tiny stuff but also Japan and China. And they've apparently found a new subatomic particle now called Zc(3900). The weird thing about Zc(3900)? It appears...

So, I discovered that Space Foundation did a poll about the most popular "space hero" and I was amazed of the results, so I want to to a poll like that again. Who is your favorite "space hero"?

So, I downloaded the AMSO and the IMFD and tried to learn how to do moon missions with the Saturn V and the Apollo spacecraft. After I have "learned" what I have to do on a moon mission with the help of the singular step scenarios in the addon I tried it myself, basically I want to do a...

So, after the more or less "safe" reentry of UARS some days ago there is another satellite on his way back to us. It's german satellite ROSAT (RÖntgenSATellit, german for x-ray-satellite) Because of big glass and ceramics parts it will survive the reentry and parts ~400 kg could reach the...

Hello, I'm trying to launch the shuttle with the help of LuaMFD. If I type in run('atlantis/launch') everything seems to be ok. But when I type in orbit_alt=280e3 i have an "execution error", same at azimuth, what's my fault?:thumbup: Thanks for every help Matt edit: Oh my god, I used colon...

Hello everyone, I've downloaded and installed orbiter today and start training with a delta glider. Well, now I'm able to orbit and deorbit (well, I tried to land in the SLF, I was down on 10k meters south in the southern carribean, landing failed because of to less fuel to fly from barbados to...