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Good thing they didn't say 1,000,000 hours :P If you're really dedicated and passionate about your flying, you'll be addicted to it...and the hours will fly by. (My dad flew jets all his career, and he's still nuts about airplanes, even after retirement.) Me, I'm a boater. :cheers:

Uhhh....right. :P Be sure to give us all a full debrief when you're back!:cheers:

Yes, I saw a related article. I've been wanting to know WHO that customer is. Maybe a space tourism firm? (Maybe? Maybe? HOPEFUL!) I imagine that many of you share the opinion that a suborbital hop...does not a real space experience make.

Welcome to the forum! Good choice of music! ;) You know, one possible improvement to your video could be to install higher-res versions of the earth and sky. Such add-ons can really improve the appearance of both. Cheers MT

Thanks for the very good post guys. I tried something similar for setting up a scenario...in my case it was for the ISS, and I used "Heavens Above" website for the ephemeris. It didn't work out precisely as I would have liked. But some of the techniques discussed here might well solve the...

Very creepy. That little guy on the windshield reminded me of Docteur Omega's little attackers on Mars:

I always turn to good old Sky & Telescope. This link should help: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance MajorTom (formerly of Wisconsin)

Cuz they're made for kids. Why do kids have so much money these days? ;)

This might not help much, but let me chime in here... I too had much difficulty moving around the AMSO CM cockpit using those key combos. However, I also know that my keyboard was bad and certain keys simply did not work :lol: One more thing, it's possible you're not using the correct ctrl or...

Well, are you sure your orbit is expanding "into the cosmos" which implies it's beyond the moon? That you're in a hyperbolic orbit? To get to the moon, you can do so by leaving earth at near escape velocity, but not quite. You would have a very high apogee, just over 400,000 km. Orbit is...

Dude, you're a space encyclopedia!!:cheers:

I'm pretty sure the N1's rolling (launch #3) was not deliberate.:)

Thanks for the articles, Fort! I must say, it was quite the non-sequitur, but fun to read, nonetheless...

I've seen a Redstone up close, and it had fins that could swivel. Wikipedia talks of "Carbon jet vanes, air rudders, spacial air jet nozzles, air vanes" for the steering system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redstone_(rocket) If you can research and explain all those nozzles and vanes, that'd...

They should fix one thing...they showed the command module, with parachute bay covers already blown off, happily in orbit. And no service module. Would have been a terrible week-long mission indeed...

Great clip! Always liked "Spy who loved me." Too bad no Carly Simon ;) I can now see the secret of Bond's success...his enemies are all INCREDIBLY BAD SHOTS.

Yes...doable! Helicopters have been done well in Orbiter, and getting the helicopter to be near the landing point of the RM is simply a matter of scenario design. cr1, would you perhaps be interested in developing the helicopter??

Here's my nomination for your pirate hunter, sir! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_(ship)

Thanks tl8! Rain Man is still correct, then. Ditto on the hilarious picture, Willy88.

Interesting. streb2001, take note... What sort of effect are you after? Spacesuited guys climbing out of the RM, sitting down in chairs, lighting up smokes? Do you also want UMmu's to be able to walk up to the rocket, ride the elevator and climb into the spacecraft before launch? (I'm only...