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SSU is not quite at that point of development. But you can get into an unusable state if you improvise too much. My advise is to take time to learn what is working in SSU and what isn't. Then, take some time reading about the working systems in the SCOM. Sit the the cockpit and practice...

Sounds like you just want to kick the tires and light the fires, I would stay away from SSU if I was you ;) . Shuttle fleet will be more your speed but it still uses some of the displays found in the real thing and will require some study. Other than that, the default shuttle is about as basic...

The shuttle has to be flown with the correct MDU screens. I believe that some community members are working on video tutorials for SSU but I don't think they have been posted yet. As far as checklists, you need to use the actual NASA checklists available here: NASA FDF Sounds like you want a...

There is an airport or two in the USA that will be testing a similar system in the coming years. One of the airports is Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia.

Yup, and if you want to shell out another $150, can get a spot on the farm property... I won't be doing that. :lol: Paying for parking is one thing, since the difference it total eclipse time is fractions of a second, I'm ok with the location I have scoped out. I was thinking about...

I'm going to be flying to Hopkinsville, KY which is about 10 miles away from the point of greatest eclipse. I will also be taking the old camera (Nikon D700 with a 300mm lens, a 2x teleconverter) It's only about a 2.5 hour flight from where I live in Ohio. I'm thinking about making a side trip...

Seems like a long way to go just to do a 'drive by' look around. But I guess it's better than not going at all and is still a step in the right direction.

A HEXAGON KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite is now on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Ohio. I would upload the photos I took last June but one: I'm on the road for work and two: the photos on the museum web site are better ;) Here is a link the the Hexagon page: HEXAGON It's...

Bail Organa was talking about Kenobi when referencing his 'jedi friend' and the person he would trust with his life is Leia. As far as I know, Lucas Film has not reviled if Ahsoka survived her encounter with Vader at the end of Rebels Season 2.

What ever works for you. Just know that Lucas Film considers all published media (movies, books, comics, some games, but not anything they have labeled as "legends") as canon and can/will impact any of the movies. Personally, I have never read any of the SW books until Catalyst. I had seen...

(Puts on nerd glasses) Actually the Death Star started as a republic weapon in response to officials thinking that the Separatists were building there own and construction started shortly after the battle of Geonosis. The timing of the construction has changed slightly in canon after...

I got to chat with John several times over lunch while I was a student at Ohio State University. He had an office on campus and I would eat lunch in a small common area outside it. Didn't even realize his office was on that floor until he sat down next to me and asked where I had gotten the...

I have a document dated 1992 (steam gauge Config) with some interesting notes on the SB and original SPI. From the Flight Procedures Handbook-Approach, Landing, and Rollout: "SPI: ... The SB position (actual position from feedback SOP) and the SB command are displayed on the SPI. Prior to...

Eh. I probably wouldn't pass any sort of psych screening they would have. (not much of a team player, I would want to find a way to go off and just live on my own. First martian hermit) :P And the wife wouldn't be happy unless she could come too.

I would go in a heartbeat. The possibility for seeing things only a few other people would see is very seductive. As a photographer I'm constantly working around the fact that every inch of this planet has been shot to hell. (billions of photographs are taken every year) but to tread new ground...

They have been since 1988... ;)

I see what you're saying. There is also the wrinkle of custom missions. Mission Developers will need to create their own mission supplements to insert into the generic FDFs. Also, any payload integration is going to be interesting for sure. Laying out which checklist to use, and when, is fine...

I understand that not everyone has the time to read 100,000+ pages of NASA documents to learn how to run a (free) computer simulation, but as SSU continues, the 'cost' of entry is only going to get higher as SSU becomes more complex. You will always have people who don't RTFM, and with SSU...

Thanks Martin. :salute:

Obviously, you get it as low as you can with the SSMEs, and maybe Shuttle Fleets OMS engines is not accurately powered. But when I was running a mock station building program several years ago I found that under .5 after MECO and a +/- 3 day to rendezvous (standard shuttle approach from under...