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    Flight Question Re-entry

    I spoke to soon in my last thread. Someone please take a wooden ruler and smack the back of my neck as hard as you can. Ok, I used a tutorial in my last thread and I believe it was Grover who kindly created it. I used it 3 + times on a DG-IV to develop a basic set of steps in my head for...
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    Question 2001 OR 2010 space odyssey

    I lost the copy I had that worked flawlessly with orbiter 2010 p1. I have downloaded 2 different ones and both of them are utter failures in that they do not function with orbiter 2010. The last space odyssey I had worked great and was different then the 2 I have just downloaded in error. The...
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    Flight Question General Questions about orbiter (flight)

    Ok, A week or so ago I posted how excited I was that I was finally able to make it to the ISS. I had this lingering thought that it was just pure luck. So last-night I thought why not try it again using the DG-IV. My first successful attempt was with the most excellent Ravenstar. Well, It was a...
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    Question SpaceX autopilot question

    Im bored and thought I would just play with orbiter this evening. Well I checked out the Space addon which is freaking awesome! But for some reason I cannot figure out how to program the autopilot. I press the L key and it tells me to enter inclination, + northward -Southward. I have tried...
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    bbc space odyssey voyage to the planets

    Im always on the look out for awesome documentaries, realistic scfi etc. Well, A few weeks ago on youtube I stumbled upon this show from BBC. I would like to hear everyones opinion on it and what you think. If you have not seen it, I would invite you to do so for the purpose of discussion. I...
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    I DID IT! I MADE IT TO ISS!!!!!!

    This evening I decided to work on learning how to get to the ISS using the XR2 Ravenstar. I have been using this craft for some time as its forgiving and quite frankly very fun to use. Gosh, im so excited! I made! AAAAAH!!!! THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!11!! This was also done without the use of any...
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    Question STS-51F Space shuttles Abort to orbit question(s)

    Picture it 7-29-1985, STS-51F has a successful launch. Roughly 3 and a half minutes into flight experiences an SSME shut down and was given an ATO command. I was looking this up on wiki and it kinda seemed like a trainwreck of information. Could someone possibly elaborate on this one just a...
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    Flight Question Bringing down XR5 Vanguard from orbit

    /RAGEMODE OFF/ /FRUSTRATIONMODE OFF/ (lol) Ok, I am attempting to bring the XR5 down from orbit. I am attempting to do this free hand and the idea of the scenario is my computer has malfunctioned so I must do the de-orbit/land free hand. Click retrograde and burn until im roughly...
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    Building my own telescope project.

    A few months ago I got a cheesy department store run on the mill telescope made by meade. Well, It was a test to see if I would actually use it like I had invision up in my brain. Turns out, I use it frequently as in 2-5 times a week at minimum. So there is a guy on youtube named Tony Darnell...
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    Hello!

    Hey Everyone, Figured I would post a meet'n greet so I dont feel like such a random freak in the message forums. Anyways, I definitely have some funky addiction to space and all subjects that are related to it. I also love physics even though I dont know much about all the cool theories...
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    Idea: Orbiter for Xbox 360

    Hello everyone, I figured I would share my Idea and see if it is even worth pursuing. How would you all feel about having an orbiter program developed and posted on xbox 360's indie section? I have given it some thought for some time now. Well as luck would have it, I recently had a discussion...
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