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I made an Orbiter subreddit if anyone is interested. I like to lurk here and there a lot and thought it might be fun to have some discussions on reddit because I am on there all the time. Someone besides me should come and post something :) http://www.reddit.com/r/Orbiter/

I made my favorite asteroid! Cruinthe Asteroid 3753 It is sometimes called Earth's second moon because it has a period of one year around the sun and is always in front of the Earth. It has an inclined Earth crossing orbit which brings it pretty close at one point in its orbit but is still a...

I made this mini-tutorial due to my repeated experience of traveling long distances throughout the solar system only to end up damaged or destroyed at the very last moment by an unsteady landing. This does not cover any reentry or aerobraking and I tried to cover all details of landing. My...

I made a little chart giving a general idea of how the DG-IV can survive doing a direct reentry into the Earth's atmosphere and how you can get the result you want. The main benefit of this is saving fuel so and time so you don't have to reduce the eccentricity of your orbit. This shows the...