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Just bought a new wireless keyboard and mouse. My previous keyboard...Memorex, had been failing badly (it liked to throw in extra keystrokes that I didn't make). But, what I bought was the Microsoft Wireless Desktop. The earlier keyboard from this very same product that I bought 3 years ago...

Ah, finally, my chance to ask two questions about Qantas: 1. "Con-tas" or "Kwan-tas?" 2. Do they still have a perfect safety record (no fatalities)? I dimly recall hearing recently that this statistic might have changed, but perhaps you guys have these facts at your fingertips... MT

Good thread...keeps getting better. I should have known: spaceship freaks also love navy ships! Yep, for sure my ship's the Musashi. Not as famous as Yamato, which, for some reason that's always bugged me, is usually mistaken for an imaginary ship called "Yamamoto." (Makes me feel like that...

Here's where my favorite WWII ship sank: 13 7'0.19"N 122 32'0.45"E Didn't require a nuke, but took lots of bombs and torpedoes...

There are a few of us...myself included...who swear by AC3D for developing meshes, and for the very easy application of textures. 10 times faster than using Anim8or.

Good idea...I started something similar for my own use. To make a scenario that's worth it, you ought to create a "Ratsat" payload (aluminum hexagonal payload mass simulator, actually) and also a guidance file for use with multistage2. Then, together with Glider's Falcon 1 and Brian's Omelek...

Definitely high time for him to be locked up. He was pretty funny, tho, as Detective Nordberg in The Naked Gun... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095705/ <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hTF7ABnxX-g&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param...

It also changed a lot before "human civilization." So the issue now is how much are we changing it, and whether or not we can stop the human component of the change...whatever that is...for better or for worse. Too simplistic?

Traffic, by Tom Vanderbilt. Read the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. Slowed down during volume 2, so nearly took me a year to get through the whole thing. Really enjoyed the third volume, so immediately started re-reading the excellent first and second books of volume 1 (Quicksilver and King...

I never saw the mythbusters episode, so let me ask if anyone knows if there are any thermal effects in play? If the hot rays of the sun heat up one side of the flag, perhaps there would be some flexing going on, that usually would not be seen in the high-gravity, full atmosphere condition we...

Shouldn't have picked today to put up my crown moulding in my office...missed S7 return to earth and then (ARGH) the fantastic flight of Falcon 1. YAHOOOOOOO!!!!! (Or, the opposite of FAIL) Edit: Holy smokes, so many of us missed this. What's up with that?

When I started messing about with add-ons, what took me the longest was figuring out how to get the key elements of scenario, config files and meshes all to cooperate so I wouldn't crash Orbiter upon start-up. So strive to get something to appear in Orbiter first. Get your sphere (or other...

Thanks for the additional analysis and suggestions Teacher! And thank you, Greg, for the comments about the Chinese approach to decision making and how it affects their space program. It's fantastic to see a completely different culture approaching the "problem" of space. I am looking forward...

This just in: "Tomorrow's EVA was a success..." ;)

That's a pretty one. How about the world of Bonestell - Colliers? (A personal favorite): http://www.bonestell.org/colliers.html

Priscilla Anne, Good for you to have seen Shenzhou 7. I'm going to guess you saw the sun glinting off its solar panels. This particular craft has panels only on the service module, although previous Shenzhou missions had a second set, up on the Orbital module. (That set was removed from...

Got it! Thanks.

Sounds like maybe only Pete has actually gone to the sun? What's it look like, in Orbiter? I'm so used to seeing Mcwgogs' textures, that I'm afraid I'll get closer and closer to the Orbiter sun and find out it's just a little tiny thing. :) Or is it a very large mesh??

The video is quite interesting...the guys seem very comfortable. They wave often. But I wonder if their waving is synchronized with the periods of lighter acceleration? I simulated the CZ-2F add-on's launch profile to follow very closely that given by this website...see the timetable of...

Thanks for all the news in this thread guys! I'm buried in issues with my job, have a sick family, and a preschooler to take care of this AM...but I knew I could count on you guys to fill me in on the success (or failure!) of Shenzhou 7 launch. This thread is probably ahead of most of the...