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Please tell me somebody's working on an add-on or ten from this awesome series! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X5gXIQmY-E&hd=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jX72phGGmc&hd=1 (Sorry, can't seem to find a featurette on the VFX & spacecraft design) EDIT: Can't seem to remember how to embed...

Bought this thing for my nifty new HP Envy, and the "User Documentation" only shows you ONE thing: Where to plug it in. THAT'S IT! Nothing about how to assign functions to the various buttons, or anything! The company's website says "There are no manuals for this product." And when I ran the...

...that can run Orbiter. Lookin' for maximum capability at minimum cost. Been using a Mac for the past 10 years, but I had a PC clone in addition to the Mac before that, and that thing could only barely run Orbiter. I recently inherited some money, so now I can afford to own more than one...

NASA recreates iconic Apollo 8 'Earthrise' 45 years later using orbiter data (video) | collectSPACE NASA | Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary - YouTube Narrated by Andrew Chaikin, author of "A Man on the Moon", which was the basis for Tom Hanks' HBO mini-series, From the Earth to the Moon.

I've been out of the Orbiter fold for a while, having gone back to Mac about 6 years ago. Recent events may soon allow me the ability to purchase a second computer, but I want a good system that's not too expensive, so I can finally run Orbiter with a decent frame rate! Anybody got any...

Just discovered the uploads of YouTube user zellco321... U.S. Spaceflight News Videos - YouTube Outstanding quality on these, at least on the 9-part launch coverage of STS-1. (I believe that's Ellison Onizuka sitting at the other table in front of Young & Crippen at breakfast, am I right?)

I checked the Intrepid webcam yesterday morning at about 4AM Pacific time, and the enclosure was intact. But that didn't last long, apparently... Space shuttle Enterprise exposed, suffers damage from 'superstorm' Sandy | collectSPACE After that tussle with the pier during her ride on the...

Journey with Atlantis: Public invited to last space shuttle delivery | collectSPACE Shuttle Atlantis to make historic move | Central Florida News 13 Cruising From Central Florida May Take You On The Ride Of Your Life (PHOTOS) | Huffington Post Atlantis is ready to roll | FLORIDA TODAY My...

This used to hang on the wall at the old LASFS clubhouse, and I'd stand there staring at it every time I visited. Dunno what happened to it when they moved to the new place, but now somebody's scanned it at super-duper high rez! Now I can pore over it to my heart's content! MAKE | Rockwell...

Since there's shockingly been no thread about this... California Science Center reveals road trip for NASA's space shuttle Endeavour | collectSPACE Spaceflight Now | STS-134 Shuttle Report | Celebrations will welcome Endeavour to Los Angeles Inglewood's Endeavour Path Proves Problematic For...

Just found this trailer for a documentary that has apparently already been released... Several clips from orbit... I wonder if they're gonna make the distinction that Spaceflight is "bad progress".

This week, the FX animated series Archer began a two-part story... I thought they did a nice job on the artwork: good attention to detail on the high-tech elements (well, except for the 50s-style cruciform wings on the "Shuttle Intrepid"), and they actually paid attention to the physics of...

Okay, so, today's the big 50th anniversary of John Glenn's flight, and Google didn't even bother to do a "Doodle" for it! I mean, they'll find any excuse to do one... Google - Doodles What's up with that?

...and it's still a piece of crap compared to Orbiter! They promised all manner of improvements, but it still takes up about 800G of HD space, the scenery still doesn't look like any recognizable landscape, 7 out of 10 add-on aircraft still are only half-finished, etc. I just can't believe this...

So, the STS-135 crew honored Stephen Colbert with a visit, and they presented him with an artifact from the Shuttle program: One of the split nuts from the SRB hold-down bolts. After they explained how the explosive charges work, his response was priceless... "Y'know, as if launching a...

Y'know, I reallllly hate it when professional 3D modelers forget that a wing is not simply a flat slab, but has a convex upper surface. And why the hell does an interplanetary space probe have wings anyway?

I first heard about this company after seeing this anatomy model of a Great White Shark linked on Neatorama, but I was at Griffith Observatory yesterday for a little presentation on Apollo 15, and stopped off in the gift shop while I was waiting, and found out what I'm gonna buy myself for...

Saw this on the shelf in the Science section at Barnes & Noble for 50 bucks, but I'm glad I Googled it before I shelled out the cash... NASA - Wings in Orbit Man, I love free PDFs! Nice interview on the making of the book... Wings In Orbit - Wayne Hale Interview | NASASpaceFlight.com

Any fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer here? If so, you may think it's cool that Nicholas "Xander" Brendon and his twin brother, Kelly Donovan, were born on April 12, 1971! Wedged in there rather nicely, wouldn't you say? Happy 40th to those two!

I'm just watching the Science Channel's 6-part documentary series from 2008, Moon Machines, by the makers of In the Shadow of the Moon. Moon Machines - Wikipedia Like Shadow, it utilizes never/rarely-seen footage behind the manufacturing process, but in far greater technical detail than the...