OFMM General Discussions Archive

[Pablo49]

I support the name Pegasus. Once we decide on the name, I'll make the mission patch.

 

[Urwumpe]

I think Pegasus is a typical compromise name, that has absolutely no connection to Mars, Spaceflight, Exploration or Colonization. Also we have at least three add-ons named Pegasus.

Even Theseus would be more fitting (The hero who went into the Labyrinth to slay the Minotaur).

 

[Izack]

Pegasus was pretty fast and...so is our ship? :lol:

You're right: there's no relation. But how was Apollo related to the Moon?
Here's an idea: once we have a launch date we can see which constellation Mars will appear in when the stack leaves for it. A really complicated way of random selection.

 

[Urwumpe]

You're right: there's no relation. But how was Apollo related to the Moon?

Apollos twin sister is Artemis, the moon goddess. Also Apollo is the god of colonization.

But the real reason is explained here:

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4205/ch1-6.html

 

[Bloodworth]

Apollos twin sister is Artemis, the moon goddess. Also Apollo is the god of colonization.

But the real reason is explained here:

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4205/ch1-6.html

I have been wondering about that for decades!!

I just had an idea for a name: PROMETHEUS
Prometheus brought fire down to man from the heavens, just as we are bringing that very same fire, from the heavens down to mars. That fire being (in the literal sense) the fire of the rockets (and in the figurative sense) the fire of knowledge. Conversely, the mission could represent prometheus' ascent INTO the heavens to acquire that knowledge. In acknowledgment of this fact, the mission patch could contain a flame.

 

[Izack]

I have been wondering about that for decades!!

I just had an idea for a name: PROMETHEUS
Prometheus brought fire down to man from the heavens, just as we are bringing that very same fire down to mars. That fire being (in the literal sense) the fire of the rockets (and in the figurative sense) the fire of knowledge. In acknowledgment of this fact, the mission patch could contain a flame.

YES!! You have my vote. :thumbup:

I believe I've made an accidental pun. ("related")
Also, I should have paid attention during Greek mythology. (Actually I did pay attention, but it was still four years ago. )

 

[Urwumpe]

Prometheus would be OK for me, there are not many add-ons with that name already.

 

[Arrowstar]

Heh, maybe someone could make an executive decision on the name so that the bigger fish can start frying, so to speak?

 

[Izack]

Speaking of which, who is the executive? Bloodworth started the thread...I think the decision is up to him.

 

[Bloodworth]

Heh, maybe someone could make an executive decision on the name so that the bigger fish can start frying, so to speak?

I'll give it 24 hours unless I get a landslide vote in either direction between now and then. But Prometheus just sounds right.


*on a side note, while we honour Prometheus, let us not forget the price he paid for his daring...*

 

[Izack]

I'll give it 24 hours unless I get a landslide vote in either direction between now and then. But Prometheus just sounds right.


*on a side note, while we honour Prometheus, let us not forget the price he paid for his daring...*

I'd like to keep my liver right where it is, thank you very much. :shifty:

 

[Columbia42]

I vote for Prometheus as well!

 

[Wolfer]

Prometheus has my vote.

 

[Izack]

Okay, so no one wants to call it "Pablo is Awesome."
This is good. :lol:

 

[Bloodworth]

That's ok, I don't think anyone would want to call it "bloodworth is awesome" either

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I like Prometheus, but until I'm elbows deep into a mission I'm going to think of the ship in Stargate.

 

[Bloodworth]

We seem to have a trend going. We have 5 votes for prometheus thus far, another 3 and that will be more than half the people currently involved. If we get that, then I will call it decided.

 

[Bj]

Hey guys, looking good. Just remember that you don't want to kill your project before it has started - keep the initial project goals simple and easy to achieve. Once you build up something with a bit of momentum, then start with the more ambitious tasks of making your own modules and whatnot. I worry that if it takes too long to get off the ground in Orbiter, the project will never get off the ground at all....

Good luck!

If we where really to go to Mars we would need to bring the necessary stuff, otherwise that 18 month for a round trip from Arrows resupply is a long wait. Besides, I don't think its really that much work to make these few objects we need. Thankfully with the help of UCGO and SC3, this should be up and running fairly quickly. We just need a few meshes and some config's made.

Arrowstar has a point...Why just do the reskinning for the XR/DGs and then start construction right away? As we build we can plan the actual flight. Also, just browsing through Orbithangar I've found that we already have enough stuff for a pretty interesting Mars mission.

As for texturing, Orbiter uses DDS format for its vessels, right? I'm sure there's a GIMP plugin for that, if it can't do it already. I'll see

Now to bring up a little idea...
I've been looking around this site for a while now, and I keep finding these old threads about a multiplayer aspect of Orbiter. If anyone remembers how to do this, is it possible to set up a dedicated realtime server? This is probably way too ambitious looking at what's being said now, and perhaps also impractical for a lot of people here.

OMP

OMP works, though a little buggy last I knew, but the only times I can see where it would be really useful, is while loading and unloading cargo. Otherwise, its really only the pilots running at their times. In that instance, it would be extremely useful. Though I rather lack knowledge in using OMP.

Well I was thinking more about something like this.

My thought exactly. Would look great for the Martian cargo lander. On a side note from that, the lander cannot be parashoot all the way, because of Mars low density air. It would require a huge parashoot to land some 30tons(ish) of cargo.

..prometheus is good with me too

 

[Pablo49]

I`m highly disappointed no one else wanted `Pablo is Awesome`. I suppose Prometheus is the second best. So it get`s my vote.

 

[Bloodworth]

Ok, here is an executive decision. Official start date for the mission (not necessarily the launch) is Feb. 1st 2110. This will set the start date far enough in the future for the technology to be feasable yet not so far as to make it totally sci-fi.