Name an Apollo project

[Athena]

..Apollo Express 2013.

 

[C3PO]

Apollo Derived System?

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Why not just Apollo Applications for Orbiter? I think having UMMU Apollo would be nice, but the AAP missions are the only ones that will really provide something new for most people.

 

[Hlynkacg]

Shameless bribe:

I love the artwork but the name is a bit of a mouthful I don't suppose I could enlist your aid in future when I actually do settle on a name.

How about 'Project Saturn'?

Shouldn't I save that for the launch vehicle? I mean, It's not like I don't have meshes lying around.

Apollo Ultra, sister project of SSU?
Inspiration Luna?
Artemis Express? (this was the name I chose for my first BEO space probe, a stock Chapman orbiter)
Diana Expedition?

Not a bad idea, but this is still a one man show and I'm not really going for the hyper-detailed sim experiance. NASSP fills that role already. The experiance I'm aiming for is more AMSO-level but with interactive cockpits and UMMU/UCCGO support.

Maybe "Apollo Fleet"?

To be honest I dont really like any of the names suggested so far, but I cant think of anything better anyways :shrug:. Maybe I'll think of something.

Welcome to my life :lol:

Why not just Apollo Applications for Orbiter? I think having UMMU Apollo would be nice, but the AAP missions are the only ones that will really provide something new for most people.

I'm already designing the project with UMMU and UCCGO support in mind so "UMMU Apollo" is just a name.

At this point I'm leaning towards "Chariots of Apollo" as cool but unoriginal, or going for straight description in which case "Apollo Applications Project for Orbiter" would be it. (Thanks by the way :thumbup

That said, Apollo, Next Generation seems to be popular so maybe I should work that in some how.

:idea:

Break the project download into two sub-packages.

In "Apollo Applications" or "Another Apollo Project for Orbiter" (AAPO), pick one, you'd get the vanilla CSM, LM, and SkyLab along with a set of historical scenarios.

In "Apollo the Next Generation" (ANG) you would get the derivative spacecraft and all the fictional / alternate history scenarios.

"Chariots of Apollo" would then be regulated to thread title.

Thoughts?

Yea, Nea, Going once, Going twice...

 

[mojoey]

Project Saturn I thought would encompass the Saturn V & the Apollo systems.

 

[Hlynkacg]

PS:

Seeing as I don't have anywhere better to post these yet...

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3rd, and close to final, draft of the Command Module mesh. Note Vert Count is high because the interior hasn't been optimized yet. Final mesh should have around 10,000 verts.

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Speaking of the interior...

 

[APDAF]

Apollo Appended?

 

[Ghostrider]

Apollo: Alternative Ending.

 

[Pipcard]

Apollo Appended?

Already did that:

Apollo Append (referring to the extra missions that are appended)

 

[orbitingpluto]

I thought about this a bit, and I like Apollo Extensions. Your taking the basic bits of Apollo and extending their abilities, like taking the real world LM and making the proposed LM Truck variants. Or the extended stay LM Taxi.

In the proud tradition of handy acronyms for space projectsP), Apollo Extensions could have APEX.

 

[Interceptor]

How about The Apollo Experience,or T.A.E. BTW this looks excellent.

 

[Loru]

I love the artwork but the name is a bit of a mouthful I don't suppose I could enlist your aid in future when I actually do settle on a name.

Sure

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hmm - how about Apollo Mk2??

 

[Ghostrider]

This is for our Italian-speaking friends... "Apelle". :lol:

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

I thought about this a bit, and I like Apollo Extensions. Your taking the basic bits of Apollo and extending their abilities, like taking the real world LM and making the proposed LM Truck variants. Or the extended stay LM Taxi.

In the proud tradition of handy acronyms for space projectsP), Apollo Extensions could have APEX.

I think that sounds the best too.

The APEX program: Apollo Extensions for Orbiter

 

[Hlynkacg]

I think that sounds the best too.

The APEX program: Apollo Extensions for Orbiter

I like it but it's already taken. Not by an addon but by an actual NASA study/proposal for an advanced "Block X" CSM.

If "ApEx" is going to make an appearance in this project it's going to be as a vessel class.

In regards to the thread it's self, thank you for all the suggestions.

Current front-runners in my mind are...

"Another Apollo Project for Orbiter" / "Apollo Application Project for Orbiter" (AAPO) bonus points to any one who figures out how to cram another 2 Ls and an O into that acronym .

and

"The Apollo Experience" (TAE). thanks interceptor :thumbup:

I also briefly considered Total Immersion Apollo but the abbreviation "TIA" has too many negative connotations in my mind.

"Apollo Next Gen" (ANG) will be making an appearance as the title of a download pack containing vessels and scenarios the various 1968 Lunar settlement plans.

 

[Pipcard]

I forgot to tell you that tae is Tagalog for feces, so you might want to reconsider that.

 

[Hlynkacg]

Oh and here's the current state of the CSM mesh.

Meshes are complete with the exception of textures and some minor detail work on the SM. (RCS nozzles and High-Gain Antenna) I'm moderately concerned about how it will perform on lower end machines as the combined vessel currently weighs in at 28000+ verts which is comparable to the stock ISS.

Is there anyone here who's computer s itself trying to render 1 or more XR-5's? Because once we get the LM, and Launch Vehicle in the same render window that's the kind of graphical pain we'll be looking at.

PS: If there's any 2D artists out there who'd like to get their name in on the project, I'm looking for someone to help me with textures.

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I forgot to tell you that tae is Tagalog for feces, so you might want to reconsider that.

...and Tia in addition to being my friend's truly nasty Ex-Wife, was also a TLA for just how much of a place one of my former duty stations was .

Looks like "AAPO" wins it. :lol:

 

[Loru]

Looks like "AAPO" wins it. :lol:

Apollo Application Program?

 

[Hlynkacg]

Apollo Application Program?

Either that or "Another Apollo Project"

 

[Loru]