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    DGIV Orbiter 2010 RCS thrusters do not stop firing

    I installed DGIV in Orbiter 2010 and when reaching orbit with PRO903SPEC42, I am having a problem because RCS thrusters do not stop firing. I had to disconnect fuel valve. Any advice?
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    General Question Where do I find Orbiter 2014 to download in Zip format?

    I am unable to find Orbiter 2014 dowload links to use with Dan Steph 2014 addons. Am I missing something? Any help would be deeply appreciated.
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    News Double dip recession?

    Meredith Whitney: "No Doubt We Have Entered A Double-Dip For Housing" Now we know where did recovery come from. People are buying because they are not paying their mortgages. Without increase of employment and no increase in wages in US, without the bill to create jobs, it was quite strange that...
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    @Martin: Earth space debris navigation and future versions of Orbiter

    If Orbiter is to simulate real space flight, it may simulate not only low thrust navigation (which is likely to be near future technology) but also space debris navigation (not like a Star Wars asteroid field) around Earth. Nowadays space navigation is quite a challenge with all those objects...
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    News Yuan

    Obama welcomes China's move towards flexible yuan For some time US has been asking yuan to raise. I am not certain that this is what US wants. Even if it raises, jobs would hardly return to US, for Americans may need to lose between 4/5 to 14/15 of buying power due to the variation to be...
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    Good practices during flight?

    There are times when you make horrible mistakes when flying in Orbiter that result in a crash. But there are also some things that do not destroy or harm your craft that could be considered "mistakes". Real plane piloting has a series of good practices. What do you think good practices should...
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    Question VOR navigation

    After playing Orbiter I am trying to play FSX and I do not get to understand VOR display and panel. I have done a search and I find no explanation of the buttons and dials and how to operate them. In Orbiter you set NAV1 and NAV2 and then you have a HUD marker that points to the VOR. That's...
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    Question 3D Orbiter support?

    Will we ever have 3D Orbiter support some day? :cheers: Games are going 3D in wake of Hollywood's success With 3D movies boosting both audience experiences and box office coffers, videogame publishers are following Hollywood's lead and developing 3D games to immerse players more into virtual...
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    Gaming Microsoft "dumbing down" games?

    It looks Microsoft is departingfrom hardcore games, which means... Will games be dumbed down? Microsoft christens motion-gaming "Kinect" When I compare Wikipedia and the boring Encarta, when I compare Mechwarrior 2 and Microsoft Mechwarrior, I see they have a huge lag in gameplay and...
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    Science Bubble mystery uncovered...

    No, this is not about asset bubbles... :lol: It is about real bubbles...:tiphat: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10278567.stm
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    [ESP] ¿Quienes son ticos aquí?

    He estado pensando ver si existe la posibilidad de que los orbinautas ticos nos reuniéramos en algún lugar de San José para conversar y tomar un café, formar una especie de club de fans. ¿Quién es tico aquí?
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    News German minister sees Facebook fined over privacy

    German minister sees Facebook fined over privacy Why do you think this happens? I ahev not registered in Facebook and this makes me to feel some kind of concern.
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    Question Is Internet ruining our minds?

    Do you think this article is on the right track? Book asks: Is Internet ruining our minds?
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    Rant The mythology of the probe

    Every culture has a myth of creation and a myth about gods, prophets and their story. What can be said about the mighty probe? I need the enlightment of the priests of the sacred cult of the probe... :D
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    Science Why we do not help each other...

    A presentation on neuroscience and why we do not help each other. http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_goleman_on_compassion.html Daniel Goleman is known for his book on emotional intelligence.
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    The history of Orbiter Q&A

    This is an attempt to rebuild the history of Orbiter in a single thread. HISTORY 1. How did Orbiter start, how did the concept got to materialize? 2. How is that the community started to be created? 3. What important milestones could we establish in the timeline of history of Orbiter and...
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    Gaming Free gaming luring gamers during crisis?

    Video game sales plunge in April: NPD Sales of video game hardware and software plunged 26 percent in April, industry tracker NPD said on Thursday, one of the largest declines over the past decade. Gameworld: Free games lure new players including women, elderly The video game industry has...
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    Question Life inside interplanetary spacecraft

    I was wondering how life should be inside an interplanetary spacecraft. Many movies try to depict a monster in the closet to give some emotion to space travel. But I figure out it should be like living in a space station, but unlike a station in LEO it should be surrounded by a black sky all...
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    News Nightmare in Spain

    Nightmare! What Spain's Brutal Austerity Budget Would Look Like Here in the US. This budget cut in Spain is just horrendous. Poor people in Spain... Spanish growth was based on tourism and real state. So it plunged horribly. Spain unemployment rate hits 20% After reading comments from...
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    News Cargo, the movie

    First swiss scifi movie http://www.scifisquad.com/2009/08/12/a-stunning-trailer-for-swiss-sci-fi-film-cargo/ Hopefully it may be a breath of fresh air for those like me who are tired of movies about space marines fighting hostile aliens. Please, no spoilers, I haven't watched it yet. Has...
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