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Here's the challenge: create 2 Aldrin Cyclers, one inbound (mars->earth) and one outbound (earth->mars). Use some sort of station SSBB, ISS, whatever for each. Launch a DG (or XR2 or whatever) dock with the outbound cycler, ride it to Mars, land on mars, drink a few beers or whatever, then...

I saw this article today http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-artemis-spacecraft-lunar-orbit.html This looks like an interesting challenge. From some earth orbit (Geosync maybe?) transfer to a lissajous or Lyapunov orbit around Eath-Moon L1. Then do a minimum DV transfer to Earth-Moon L2 orbit...

Seems like you could easily generate enough power for a rocket with this thing: LiveLeak.com - THE ENTABULATOR !

"While walking on the moon one day, in the merry merry month of ..... December...." Who said that?... I remember somebody singing that..... Pete Conrad, Apollo 12 maybe? Anyhow I was messing around at Brighton beach next tuesday Dec 21, and I noticed a total solar eclipse, which means a...

Here is the page run through google translate. Check out #4. Fly, crash, hitting the beach??!!! http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcc.rsa.ru%2Fprogress_m07m.htm&act=url

From the AEHF-1 thread: This launch will fall in the same week as the 50th anniversary of Echo 1, the very first communications satellite. Echo 1 would be cool, and would go along with the 50th anniversary Sputnik and Exporer 1. I remember seeing Echo 1 in the sky as a kid. I looked in...

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I'm having trouble getting the procedure at the bottom of page 1 of todays execute package to work http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/407599main_fd11_exec_pkg.pdf :lol:

One very minor nitpick is that when the cargo bay doors are opened/closed, is that the sound loop has a click in it when it repeats. I have taken the loop, and edited the beginning and end so they start/end on a zero crossing, thus eliminating the click, and making a smooth PBD opening/closing...

LRO launches NET Jun 2. I need to get new procedures together for that date. The lunar (polar) orbit targeting is done during TLI, with only a small correction a few hours later. The IMFD docs say what the Lon., Lat., and Rad. parameters affect for an equatorial type orbit, but they act...

This would be an add-on for the ISS fleet. :rofl:

Hi folks! This one is a challenge for sure. I can do this with equatorial orbits just fine, but polar orbits are another thing entirely. The flight plan is here http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/docs/astrWorkshop/Galal_Orbit_Design_Galal_Final.ppt It's a powerpoint doc, so you need office of some...

Hi gotta quick question.... when I move the falcon 1 from cape canaveral to kwajelein, using the scenario editor, it works ok, but if I quit, and then lauch orbiter using the (current state) scenario, I get a CTD. I think it has to do with the BASE parameter, but there is no base at kwajelein...

Since the X-37 stole the LRO/LCROSS launch slot, some capable person might make an X-37 add-on. I'm thinking stick it on the velcro rockets Atlas V 501, and land it at Edwards. more info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37 Thanks a bunch if anyone chooses to pick this up and run with...