For a while I've been observing the addon voting system on OrbitHangar and it seemed to me like people didn't put enough thought into the vote the assign to an addon, or that in some cases, they vote dishonestly, because they don't want to offend the author.

So I decided to write guide that will hopefully provoke some thought, before a rating is given. This has been a long time coming.

I initially intended to write a blog, but I soon realized that the amount of content...

When West meets West:

SEP-010, Chapter 17, Part 1.

Enterprise.

"Houston, be advised: we've got the docking centerline camera on-line, and we're starting our approach run at this time," Pilot Tamara Ciotti said. The image of Constitution's docking port shone prominently in the center of the display, flanked by the shape of her hull. Over five hundred feet in distance separated the two ships, and she kept an eye on all three of the multifunction displays...

I just decided an hour or so ago to do the Apollo 8 mission, despite having never even made a serious attempt at AMSO before. Much like when I launched Atlantis a few months ago, I was mildly surprised when two hours later I was sitting in a scorched capsule south of Hawaii, having just travelled ~800 000 kilometers, to the Moon and back. Mission was completely successful. Final GET at splashdown: 122 hours, 6 minutes, 45 seconds. Pericynthion was 67 km.

Launch:
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I know that there are a lot of theories out on the Internet on what happened at Reno on Friday last week, so let’s look at known facts.

KNOWN: 11 people have died, including the pilot.
KNOWN: More than 60 people were injured at various levels, ranging from minor scratches to traumatic amputations of limbs on the tarmac from flying debris.
KNOWN: Jimmy Leeward, owner and pilot of Galloping Ghost, had made dramatic modifications to the aircraft, including clipping a total...

Here's the mission patch . . .

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. . . and here's the latest installment!

SEP-010, Chapter 7.

"Constitution, Houston. S-band radio check, over," CAPCOM, Astronaut Charlie Davis' voice rang impatiently in the cabin, and Mission Commander Brian Adkinson and Pilot Jamie Cunningham shared a look as the sunlight began to filter through the windows again.

"Roger, Houston, we have radio contact again,"...