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Pretty much any human-rated spacecraft on any mission, from suborbital to Earth orbit to lunar orbit or landing. Not that any of this is remotely likely, but the time commitment and long-term physical effects of a Mars mission would make that much less desirable, as cool as the idea of going to...

It is really an awesome film. BTW, Ron Howard mostly provided his name recognition for the "Ron Howard presents" part - he wasn't really involved in planning, directing, or filming (maybe executive producer). But his name was probably the factor that allowed it to get into at least SOME theaters...

Very cool - congrats! Getting your private pilot is a real accomplishment. It was a major goal of mine too, and passing the check ride was a real thrill. Enjoy!

AI and Niven I'm reading "The Emotion Machine" by Marvin Minsky, a book about AI and the mind. And I'm taking "Ringworld" by Larry Niven on a trip this week because it's a classic I never read. Taking a few other books too (8 day UK trip). I guess I read a lot (137 "books" posts on my blog, but...

Space Expo was cool Here's a report that I wrote for my blog. I need to find a new hands-on demo exercise that is quick to explain and do, requires few controls, takes place in space, is fairly easy to do, and has clear success criteria. Any ideas? Tex, your Apollo video was a big help and a...

It's hard to say what Col. Duffy might be interested in. He's seen and flown a lot of sims in his USAF and NASA career, but Orbiter, AMSO, and the Shuttle Fleet are free and publicly available, so he might be curious. Several astronauts have seen Orbiter. Andy Thomas got a long demo at the...

This weekend I will be demonstrating Orbiter at two museums, at the Ecotarium in Worcester, MA on Saturday, and at Space Expo 2008 at the New England Air Museum (near Hartford, CT) on Sunday. So I've been updating presentations and practicing demos to get ready. As I did last year, I'll have a...

John Barnes There are many great authors and books mentioned already here so something different... A couple of favorites of mine are John Barnes' "Meme Wars" series especially "Orbital Resonance" and "The Sky So Big and Black." There is some weird stuff in there but it's set in a pretty...

Thanks for the recommendation and feedback on "Go Play In Space" - Andy and I are really glad that it's been helpful for some people learning Orbiter. Regarding the Mars chapter, we added it for the 2006 release in May 2006 (the September P1 patch didn't change much that would affect the book)...

Somehow I missed this forum up to now - just noticed link on list of forums on orbitersim.com. It's really great (and it's up!). Thanks, Bruce