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  1. RangerPL

    Thanks!

    Thanks!
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    News Last Cold War-era B53 nuclear bomb dismantled in Texas

    I think it's safe to say that both societies are royally screwed.
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    News Last Cold War-era B53 nuclear bomb dismantled in Texas

    Nuclear war will not end human life on Earth. That's a known fact, the biggest problem is that nuclear winter will send us back to the middle ages and cause billions to starve, especially in the First World where most people do not grow their own food. The early humans were not affected by a...
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    You know you're addicted to Orbiter when...

    When, while driving down the interstate, you see signs for exits 39A and 39B and immediately think of KSC. True story :)
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    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

    A few snaps from missions flown by the ESA's Crew Transfer Vehicle programme, including moon landings and Earth orbit flights.
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    Orbiter Video Thread

    I was messing about with a fresh install of Orbiter and decided to do some formation flying. XR5 is on autopilot.
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    Internet 1983 the brink of apocalypse

    I made a video presentation about this for a school project... regrettably the file no longer exists but it described the political situation at the time and the false alarm that went off in Colonel Petrov's headquarters. I followed that up with a "Here's what would have happened if Petrov...
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    2010 TK7 - Earth's First Found Trojan Asteroid

    Trojan... what, no condom jokes?
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    You know you're addicted to Orbiter when...

    If you build your elevator at an angle and explain to safety inspectors that you built it that way so it has lift and doesn't burn up.
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    Gaming The Kerbal Space Program - Version 1.2.x

    The maximum I had was 62G during a launch abort.
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    Internet Scriptkiddies killed Encyclopedia Astronautica

    Anonymous and all the other script kiddie groups are just full of 12 year old social rejects who are teased at school and think that their online activities make them "cool".
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    Gaming The Kerbal Space Program - Version 1.2.x

    Had one launch abort, several on-pad explosions, a crash, two suborbital flights and now I think I achieved escape velocity...
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    You know you're addicted to Orbiter when...

    When it's 2:30 in the morning and you're practicing high-velocity reentry instead of sleeping. Guilty of that right now
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    Orbiter Video Thread

    +3 I had my volume up and clicked his video... my ears are still ringing Not a bad video though, HAL9001. Just keep the camera steady and make the sound more... bearable.
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    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

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    Orbiter Screenshot Thread

    I was bored so I used UCD to strap a UMMU to an S1C.
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    You know you're addicted to Orbiter when...

    Well, google earth looks like crap because it's a compilation of satellite images, each with different brightness, colors, etc. So not really suited for Orbiter.
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    You know you're addicted to Orbiter when...

    Reminds me of this:
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    You know you're addicted to Orbiter when...

    It's a plug-in, but it requires "life.dll" to work properly.
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    News Le Bourget airshow : A380 will not fly because of a ground collision

    That A380 grounding reminds me of a mission in FSX where you have to fly an A330 for an airshow... if you fail the mission you get fired.
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