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So I read this book, Schrodinger's Kittens by John Gribbin, I don't know if any of you have read it (I would recommend it if you haven't). Its essentially a search for the underlying reality of the various models of quantum uncertainty. Whats really going on down there. It seems the...

Ive been searching for a good video editing program to organize clips of home movies and other projects...does anybody have any recommendations of open-source or freeware programs? Ive been pretty disappointed with what Ive found on downloads.com Thanks in advance, Matt

Over the years Ive occasionally read articles about plans for commercial ventures into the sub-orbital transportation industry. You know "NYC to Tokyo before lunch". So Ive spent a lot of time recently teasing out different techniques for sub-orbital flights. I am quite proficient with...

For some time I have wanted to see an application or MFD that allows one to plan out sling-shot trajectories. One of the most time consuming aspects of doing a sling-shot is working out which bodies are going to be lined up for the next encounter. I would love to see some kind of flash...

I read an article some weeks ago (which I could not find again to post a link) about moon rocks on the black market. It reports that after Apollo 11, Dick Nixon gave out small gift moon rocks to many of the worlds nations. Some 200 rocks were given out, only about 40 of which are accounted for...

So I decided to see what would happen if the Apollo astronauts decided on a whim to f*** mission control and head off to Mars. That saturnV is such a huge rocket and I wanted to see how far I could push its range. Surprisingly, I found that with some careful planning a one way trip to Mars is...

I keep having issues with Orbiter freezing during long time accelerations (x1000 or x10000) while focused on the CSM. In the same scenario I can accelerate all I want while focused on something else, even after I accelerate to the time I want and try to switch back to the CSM it freezes...

Has anyone tried creating a ship in orbiter that matches the specs of 99942 Apophis to see what happens? Is orbiter accurate enough to yield meaningful information over decades, or are there just too many factors that orbiter doesn't take into consideration? I would assume that some of the...

Just wondering if anyone knows what are some current fields of research regarding orbital mechanics. I often fall into thinking that this type of stuff is pretty well understood and thus a dead science. My work often uses characteristics of Earth's and Mars' orbits to understand climate...

I'm new to the forum but Ive been playing orbiter for a few years (by no means advanced but quite familiar). At this point like many of you I have downloaded a plethora of addons and I'm having a lot of trouble with missing pieces and conflicts, after a while I just can't keep track of what...

So, Im new to aerodynamics which makes this a beginner's question. To make things simple lets assume a given airframe flying level with constant thrust. The way I understand flight is that there are four major force vectors: thrust, drag, lift, and gravity. In order to make the airframe...