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[Loru]

Orbiter uses single sided faces. You need to clone the ring mesh and flip poly normals on the clone.

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Also after developing RL-10 for SSU I quickly calculated and sketched fully LH2/LOX rocket family with payload to 300 km LEO from 12 tons in no booster config, 24 tons in 2 booster config, up to 35 tons in 4 booster config and everything using 2 engine types (RS-68 and RL10) and 3 stage types total. I plan to make those boosters more "Soyuz" like.

Silverbird calculator gives me 12 tons to LEO with core + 2 boosters and no upperstage. Might be good platform for small spaceplanes.

Dimensions:
67.5 meters long, core diameter 5.1meters, upper stage diameter 4 meters, total diameter for 2 and 4 booster versions 12.1 meters

Project is currently in limbo till Tide of War alpha release but here is the sketch:

 

[C3PO]

How depressing is this? We are less than a month from a total solar eclipse, so two student teachers have decided it would be a good idea to travel around the local schools and explain eclipses to the pupils.

However because the physical aspects of eclipses are too boring, they thought it would be better to write a fairy-tale story to tell the children instead.

 

[Andy44]

How depressing is this? We are less than a month from a total solar eclipse, so two student teachers have decided it would be a good idea to travel around the local schools and explain eclipses to the pupils.

However because the physical aspects of eclipses are too boring, they thought it would be better to write a fairy-tale story to tell the children instead.

Tell the student teachers that if they stare at the eclipse the fairy godmother will grant them a wish.

 

[C3PO]

Tell the student teachers that if they stare at the eclipse the fairy godmother will grant them a wish.

They were on a breakfast radio this morning and everyone agreed it was a fantastic idea. After the interview one of the hosts commented that it would probably be overcast anyway. :facepalm:

And if I hear another report on how the '57 eclipse made the hens go to sleep, I'm going to be physically sick.

 

[Pipcard]

This is what a construction site sign would look like in Hatsunia.

 

[Codz]

Hey guys, been a little while since I've posted. How've things been going lately?

 

[Izack]

Finally in possession of the remastered Homeworld collection. Now only two more days of pointless work before a chance to enjoy it...

 

[TMac3000]

Just a few thoughts on how big this universe is:
Light travels fast enough to circle this planet 7 times in one second. To reach the nearest solar system, you would have to travel at that speed for more than 4 years.

An interesting memory from reading 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bowman recalled that if a map of Jupiter were spread out on a table, a map of Earth would take up, proportionally, about the space of India.

I was playing around with Celestia once. I pointed at Vega and set a speed to get myself there in a matter of seconds. Impressed with myself, I pointed at Andromeda Galaxy and did the same thing. I gave up when I realized I would be sitting in that chair for the next three weeks.

 

[Linguofreak]

Just a few thoughts on how big this universe is:

Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's...

 

[MattBaker]

The universe sure is big but it's so...empty.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

I find the size of the universe... bothersome. I cant even stand to look at the images of the universe in large scale (ie with the even larger structures composed of clusters of galaxies).

Its just way too meta...

 

[Pipcard]

We have come a long way...

Orbiter

There are few flight simulator of this realism on the market. Orbiter has been developed by Martin Schweiger from Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering at University College of London. Martin is not a pilot nor a cosmonaut but a true guru in simulation. Orbiter is not an arcade game like other Space commander like. This is a space flight simulator using realistic physical models for spacecraft dynamics, atmospheric effects and planetary motion. A must for all fan of astronautics and future space explorators.

Orbiter uses sophisticated instruments and navigation computers to travel between spaceports on planet surfaces and orbital stations throughout the solar system driving cargos, space shuttles or prototypes.

Orbiter is also amazing by both the rendering of images and its technical sophistication. Ergonomic and highly configurable it allows you to modify existing objects as well as to add new spacecrafts, orbital stations, surface bases or to construct a new planetary system from scratch.

To make the most of Orbiter, the user has to understand the basic of physics, flight and space navigation. Hopefully the author provides all documentation you need to complete a mission to ISS or a space station orbiting a remote planet.

But to succeed in doing all the cheklist requested to complete a mission, calculating the transfer orbit, counterbalance yaw or pitch and docking the you will neeed a lot of experience and knowledges. At the end you will be exciting by your expertise in that field.

The program runs on Windows 32-bit OS and requests at least a 133 MHz CPU with Direct3D 7.0 or higher, and DirectX compatible 3D graphics accelerator card to render planetaries landscapes at low resolution. To use this highest resolution of 8192x4096 pixels Orbiter requests an AGP 3D graphics accelerator card with at least 32MB of VRAM, 128 MB RAM, a CPU over 233 MHz, the hardware supporting DXT1 texture compression and optionaly an accurate DirectX compatible joystick. That means that any desktop PC will not run this program but any multimedia PC should support those recommendations.

 

[sorindafabico]

A little bit of architecture porn: someone posted some pictures of my University in Facebook today:

School of Engineering.

One of the annexes of the School of Engineering. Background: the old observatory (now a museum).

Detail of the old observatory and other buildings.

Entrance of the old vocational school and future site of the main library.

The old medical school.

 

[Izack]

The newest addition to my desk:

 

[jedidia]

A little bit of architecture porn: someone posted some pictures of my University in Facebook today:

School of Engineering.

One of the annexes of the School of Engineering. Background: the old observatory (now a museum).

Detail of the old observatory and other buildings.

Entrance of the old vocational school and future site of the main library.

The old medical school.

Yup, they definitely don't build 'em like that anymore...

 

[Artlav]

How to out-troll a troll god.
I suspect it's psychedelic enough even without understanding the words.

 

[ISProgram]

Wow.

 

[C3PO]

No wonder the power analyser we borrowed was cheap. It saves the data on a CF card in FAT 16. This is going to be fun. Perhaps I should put it in the retro cool thread. :lol:

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

The newest addition to my desk:

Ummm... forgive me, but what is it?

 

[Urwumpe]

Ummm... forgive me, but what is it?

From the strategy game "Homeworld", its a model of the mothership of the.... *think* ... Kushan?