Recent content by Clavius0712

I just watched "The Mars Underground". Amazing and inspiring film! I particularly liked the bit when Zubrin said sending smokers to Mars without their tobacco would actually reduce their risk of cancer. As a smoker myself I find that quite amusing and it also shows what BS is talked about the...

Hi all, It's been ages since I played "Orditer" so I'm wondering what's currently in your opinion the best Earth-Mars near future manned mission addon? I'm thinking something that is a bit like AMSO was for the Apollo missions - but instead for near-future manned missions to Mars. Looking...

Not so dumb. I downloaded spacecraft3 and patch and installed them and I can now see the Leonov. Thanks - looks really good!

Hi, Can't get this to work. Whenever I choose a scenario containing the Leonov it just has an invisible ship with no fuel. Any help much appreciated. Clavius0712

Thanks for your replies; I'll check out those links.

Well, according to that article, at 50km above the surface Venus is a more Earth-like environment than pretty much anywhere else in the Solar System.

Hi All, I read today with great interest that it might one day be possible to colonize Venus with "Aerostats" - floating cloud cities similar in concept to the cloud city "Bespin" in Star Wars (see image). I was wondering, would it be possible to create a cloud city floating about 50km high...

For launch windows I use this: Cosmic Train Schedule

I also tried a few trips to the asteroids a while ago. There are several add-ons for them which can be used to complement each other to cover asteroids missed out of one add-on. One thing to remember is that the IMFD Map program won't show their orbits unless you lower the mimimum mass...

Thanks. I am most definitely interested. I have PM'd you with my emial address and look forward to hearing from you.

Hi all, I recently installed the "DESCARTES DSV" and "DESCARTES Upgrades and Extras" addon by Greg Burch. I really love this ship but have a few questions. 1. In the scenario, "DESCARTES Christening", the DESCARTES begins docked to the "Celestium 3" LEO Space Station. If I undock from the...

Well folks, FYI I contacted the developer of the upcoming High Frontier for more information and I think my dream game has arrived! Keep your eyes and ears open for this game (currently scheduled for 2010 release) as it looks amazing! You can prospect for minerals on asteroids, use solar sails...

I have heard of that game. I think the "High Frontier" game I mentioned in my original post is a sequel to it but there is very little information on boardgamegeek: High Frontier

Hi all, I have been dreaming for a while now about designing a board game to portray the future exploration of space from about the year 2020 to 2100. It would have a map of the solar system - or more likely several separate individual maps (inner planets, outer planets, Earth-Moon system...

It's true I could do with a better understanding of all the systems. Last night I flew a mission to the Moon (Apollo 11 QuickStart in the "Broken" folder) and time accelerated to until near the Moon's SOI. When I came out of time acceleration the Master Alarm was on and about 8 or 9 yellow...