A flight for orbiter

[ryan]

It's a bit of a barmy notion. A purely atmospheric flight, to promote a space flight simulator? That's like loading up FSX, hopping into a sea plane and taxiing popular shipping routes.

If you read all the threads Pete you will understand i said that we will be going to the moon.

 

[golden_eye]

If you really want to do something good, here is my solution:
Before Christmas, buy 6 tiny presents, like what you can afford. Start orbiter and imagine each present being one of the Shuttle-A payloads. If you want to be creative, make a Christmas present payload module for the Shuttle-A. Launch from the moon into a low polar Earth orbit, passing over the pole on December 24. Align the orbit with your home town and begin a powered reentry over it. Aim for your hometown and drop all presents at enough altitude to return to space again.

Watch the presents land and write down the landing coordinates of each present. On, December 25, take the 6 presents and visit each landing location. Find out who is living there or when you hit a non-residential area, be creative to find the recipient of your present. Be modest. When asked, just say that you wanted do something good.

That's actually a really cool and creative idea. I wish I could say that I would try something like this but in reality I probably would lack the dedication needed. Maybe that's part of the problem with the world today though :dry:. The thought did bing a smile to my face though.

 

[pete.dakota]

Thinking back, what would have been cool is if we rallied together with stickies and formal agreements to have as many Orbiteers as possible recreating the Phoenix landing using Orbiter. And somehow tried to make some Space news websites aware.

"Hundreds to simulate real time Phoenix landing using free space flight simulator"

That surely would have been a good 'ad' for Orbiter. I know I simulated the landing live, as did many of you. It would have been nice to have made the effort to get as many people as possible doing it. Perhaps for the MSL landing? Two year wait, though.

 

[Woo482]

msl? is it mars science lavatory ?

 

[pete.dakota]

msl? is it mars science lavatory ?

Laboratory.

 

[Woo482]

I know I just thought it would be funny to use that word

 

[joiz]

in the news:
Martians, after spending four billion years with out proper sanitary equipment will get their hygenic equipment in a NASA funded mercy mission.