Finalizing Prometheus

Zatnikitelman

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Sometime late in the development of the Prometheus Launch Vehicle, I discovered something interesting: Multistage2 doesn't support translation thrusters. Since the launcher is designed to bring space station modules to stations, I needed something that could be launched easily with Multistage2 yet have translation thrusters. So I hit on the idea of building what I call the "Precision Guidance Stage" PGS for short. It's basically an engine with some RCS thrusters and a grappling point that brings the payload within proximity of the space station then allows a robotic arm to grab it.
Now that I've modeled the stage in Anim8or, I've hit a slight snag, the dang thing's mesh file is 5.25Mb's! So I'll have to go back and reduce the polys as much as possible before I can release it.
 
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