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Also the IMFD Full Manual has been posted on OrbiterWiki: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/IMFD_Manual This is in the Rocket Science For Amateurs section. These resources are begging for knowledgeable Orbinauts to update them. Please help if you can!

Welcome back, talavar. Unfortunately, I can't answer your question. However, I'd like to remind folks reading this thread that the IMFD Full Manual is available online in the OrbiterWiki at: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/IMFD_Manual Also the latest updates to "Go Play In Space" are also in...

wieldier!

More wieldy?

Certain carbon-based system components fail as they age. Probably a design issue.

I've been around for a while, residing in Maryland, USA. But this week I've moved to the Seattle area, to be closer to granddaughter (and her parents). I'd be interested in any Orbiter-related activities in the area, especially at the Museum of Flight.

I use Default, but not by default. I tried them all a long time ago, and re-tried them just now, and prefer the default theme (which looks like White Pages to me). But if the site admins switch to a different default, I'm willing to consider it. I prefer a light theme. Also blue-ish.

Fantastic results, MessierHunter! The side-by-side view showing the telescope tracking is especially impressive. Keep up the good work!

Jupiter animation based on amateur photos I had to tell someone: this is pretty neat:

I've never seen this thread before - very interesting. The photo below is not mine, but was made in 1931. The original print is in my possession and is about 34 inches wide (over 87 cm). I scanned it at 300 pixels/inch, but downscaled it by 10x to keep it a manageable size for this post. The...

Fascinating, Messierhunter. Is it possible for you to post a comparison with/without the adaptive optics?

Note that the IMFD Full Manual is also available in the Rocket Science For Amateurs section of OrbiterWiki: http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/IMFD_Manual

ramjet or scramjet ? Next to last paragraph has: "By the third launch, they had a working scramjet missile propulsion unit." I assume this is a simple mistake, and the author meant "ramjet", as elsewhere in the article (12 times).

I hope his work isn't permanently gone. One of my back-burner projects has been to edit and post his work to the Rocket Science For Amateurs section of OrbiterWiki. Of course, I haven't been saving his posts as they came up, assuming I could get them whenever I wanted. :(

But can it jump over a bus?

This isn't directly related to Orbiter, but some orbinauts might find interesting software in NASA's latest (2017-2018) edition of their software catalog: https://software.nasa.gov

MAVEN doesn't have a traditional camera, but can take images with its Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph. Here are some images: http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/science/instrument-package/iuvs/ and...

Jason Davis at the Planetary Society is a journalist, and has issues with the lack of transparency of SpaceX's public relations operation. He has a relevant article about why SpaceX won't deliver on this announced flight schedule...

Is the Moon clearly in orbit around a larger planetary body? Or is the Earth-Moon pair two planets in a nearly common orbit around the Sun? After all, the Moon is well outside the Earth's sphere-of-influence (SOI), as Orbiter constantly shows us on lunar flights. Take a look at this diagram of...

Habitable tidally locked? According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumstellar_habitable_zone, the notion of the "habitable zone" is based on "sufficient atmospheric pressure". For tidally-locked planets it seems this assumption is unlikely to apply. Wouldn't the dark (cold) side freeze out...