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I have played Orbiter for a while and I can do quite a lot of fancy journeys. But that is only on a operational aspect. I want to learn more about the mathematics and mechanics about planet orbits and driving a spaceship. Is there any books or sources that I can begin with?

Sorry in advance if you find the post very noob, because i do have zero knowledge about rocket other than playing Orbiter for a few years. purpose I want to send a less than 0.5 kg payload into low earth orbit (say 100km above surface). Using homemade fuel mixture and shell material, how large...

(I am using Shuttle Fleet 4.2) 1. Unlike GD or XR2, space shuttle's hub is located on its back, how on earth could I dock to ISS with linear translation, when all the buttons are inverted in direction? 2. How to directly ascent and rendezvous with ISS without waiting for a few periods in orbit...

Getting to geostationary orbit is not difficult, but i can't control where will i be flying above when orbit insertion is completed. How can I do so in Orbiter and how do real satellites do it?

I haven't used Energy when i was stilling using XP. Anyway, whenever we look upon the smoke of Energy Rockets in windows 7, the FPS drops from 58 to 13. I don't think its my hardware problems as i can look at XR2's and DG4's somke without significant lag. What the problem might be?

As I know, the destructive power of atomic bomb to structures comes from shock waves and heat waves. In space, there is no air to conduct shock waves, therefore only heat waves and high-speed fragments of the bomb itself can manage to damage the structure large orbiter like ISS. The question...

I am trying to use a XR2 to reenter earth's atmosphere after a journey to moon. I want to do it without burning retrograde and orbit-insertion, ie totally rely on friction to decelerate. I've seen this technique in some videos, but when it is my own turn, i always end up toasted. Is there a...

A DGIV is landed on KCS. Your objective is to fly a stealth XR2 together with a spy parnther to KCS, airbrone him, then return to base. The objective is considered successful if the spy can reach the DGIV carbin and steal its programs within GET 30 minutes, which is the duration of their lunch...

When you are in external view and near the surface of a planet, you can zoom out to watch below the planet suface. Can somebody make a inner texture on the planet, and add a light source at the planet core, as to resemble the view of a dyson sphere? What is Dyson sphere: Dyson sphere is a...

After driving star destroyer and Galatica, the desire to drive large battleships is killing me T.T Anyone would like to make a Macross?It's a wonderful (space)aircarft carrier that originates from a japanese animae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF-1_Macross

The manual of IMFD5.3 states that "Target oseting allows to displace the target point from the center of the target planet." Of course I will not travel directly into the centre of the planet! I can do that easily by adjusting the PeA of target planet. So, what offset is used for other than...

Now I am able to make a unpowered reentry to a runway of KSC with a DGIV, but i have to make a few turns in order to align with the runway. How/when should I adjust my orbital plane so that the runway is immediately aligned after reentry?

I've been trying the "Martian Bound VEEP" senario from DGIV. There's just no enough oxygen for me to complete my transx plan. Is there any other ways accomplish the mission without editing the senario?