Iron Hill Project Thread

[Felipi1205]

OK, I'm already recording. The current PeA is 37.46km...

 

[TMac3000]

Odyssey, Houston. I need you to look at the cargo manifest, and tell me what's there. I don't need to know what sort of units, just how many?

 

[Felipi1205]

There are 6 cargoes...

 

[TMac3000]

Copy, Odyssey. That's what we need to hear You're looking good:thumbup:

 

[Felipi1205]

One thing: I can't land with the SAS docked, it's a bug of the Orbiter. What I'm going to do with the SAS?

 

[TMac3000]

Switch to SASOdyssey and hit Ctrl-D to undock it. Don't worry, it won't go anywhere.

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But don't do that until you are about to land

 

[Felipi1205]

Current status:
Lunar closest approach (PeA) : 18.80km
Altitude (from Earth) : 88.12
Inclination between the Odyssey and the Lunar orbit : 3.03º
Soon I'll post the scenario file, end the recording and see when the LOI is going to happen...

 

[Felipi1205]

Here is the last second of the flight today. The LOI will happen at March
30th...

 

[TMac3000]

Is that the playback or the current state?

 

[Felipi1205]

The last state, should I post the Playback too?

 

[TMac3000]

Yes:yes:
For telemetry updates, use my post #282 as a guide: post both when doing the update

 

[Felipi1205]

OK, but I need to post the folder in the "Flights" folder, or you're not going to see my flight, so you need to unpack the folder in the Orbiter main folder...

 

[TMac3000]

Okay, Odyssey, your telemetry looks great!:thumbup:
I'll check out the recording in a test run tonight to make sure it works, and give it a real look tomorrow night.

And I'm going to harp on this like mad, because it is so easy to forget:
ALWAYS UPDATE THE CLOCK
Do this the second you pull up the scenario, before you even start recording. I have forgotten it myself many times:lol: This will be a very long mission if you dont

PS: I don't know if you heard the news, but Pipcard resigned as PR director. I plan to approach Chrothor about the position by PM, and I'll let you know how it goes

---------- Post added 03-26-12 at 07:23 AM ---------- Previous post was 03-25-12 at 08:14 PM ----------

There is one exception to the above: if you have to miss a burn due to work/school/0200 local:goodnight: you can do the burn as soon as possible, and then immediately update the clock

But if this happens, try to get the burn done the second it's convenient for you. We need as little fudging as possible

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I have PM'd Pipcard and Chrothor about open postions on the team, and I'm waiting to hear back from them...

I have to say again what an awsome job everyone has done so far:woohoo:
With this phase of the mission well underway, we need to start talking about Mercury. For surface science goals, I'd like the geology team to make a trip to nearby Scopas Crater to check out the radar bright-spots that MESSENGER found, and see if they really are water ice. I'd also like to see soil samples brought back for analysis not only at the base, but also on Earth when we get home in May of '13.

For the solar team, I have an idea that lies somewhere between extremely ballsy and suicidal. In fact, I'm not sure it doesn't cross the line into suicidal:

I'd like us to look into a safe way to make an up-close and personal observation of a solar flare.

It's crazy, and I'm not sure it's even doable, but if it is, it would be one hell of a learning experience, and an amazing thing to see

For now everybody keep up the good work:thumbup:

 

[Felipi1205]

Thank you!
The control of the Odyssey is mine again!
Current PeA: 14.65km
Distance form the Earth's surface: 208.7M
Distance from the Moon: 268.7 M (calculated using docking MFD and Luna-OB1)

 

[TMac3000]

Sounds good, Odyssey.
We'd like you to send a telemetry update at 23:00
How are you guys doing up there?

 

[mojoey]

Sounds good, Odyssey.
We'd like you to send a telemetry update at 23:00
How are you guys doing up there?

We're good, that damn Ipod keeps playing 'Spirit In The Sky' and I keep whacking my head on the bulheads constantly, other than that, we're grand!

 

[TMac3000]

Haha, you have to 1)duck and 2)tell Felipi to...hey, I like "Spirit in the Sky"!:lol:

 

[mojoey]

Haha, you have to 1)duck and 2)tell Felipi to...hey, I like "Spirit in the Sky"!:lol:

I'll just break out the Hendrix

 

[TMac3000]

Keep in mind, you'll be out of contact on when you're on the daylight side of the moon, so only post when you are on the night side

 

[mojoey]

Keep in mind, you'll be out of contact on when you're on the daylight side of the moon, so only post when you are on the night side

I thought there would be a satellite network around the Moon to relay all comms with surface stations
(and huge ships like us)