Orbinauts - in Space

[meson800]

Are any orbinauts astronauts or cosmonauts, or are we all just armchair astronauts(good enough by far):lol:?

I think it would be awesome to have an orbinaut compare Orbiter with the real deal.

 

[NovaSilisko]

Are any orbinauts astronauts or cosmonauts, or are we all just armchair astronauts(good enough by far):lol:?

I think it would be awesome to have an orbinaut compare Orbiter with the real deal.

I'd like to see one play orbiter in orbit.

 

[Tommy]

I seem to remember a thread about some NASA shuttle astronauts who were introduced to Orbiter, and they seemed to be fairly impressed. Don't really have time to hunt down that particular thread.

 

[TMac3000]

Are any orbinauts astronauts or cosmonauts, or are we all just armchair astronauts(good enough by far):lol:?

I think it would be awesome to have an orbinaut compare Orbiter with the real deal.

It's a nice thought, but I doubt it
They don't have nearly as much time on their hands as we do:lol:

 

[Mojave]

Didn't that Italian astronaut have something to do with orbiter, particularly the Orbiter Forum Italia team?

 

[Luke Skywalker]

I think Master Yoda is a former astronaut (no, the one with the donator tag, not the real one )

 

[mojoey]

I think Orbinaut Pete is involved with the ESA

 

[Eli13]

I think Orbinaut Pete is involved with the ESA

IIRC, he aspires to be involved in the ESA.

 

[mojoey]

no, I think he is in the ESA...i may be wrong

 

[hypersonic]

I had a business meeting with David Braben (who created ELITE) quite a while ago, to discuss MMORPG services. Does that count? :-D

 

[Jarvitä]

There was a Swedish guy who participated in the ESA's vomit comet program on the old M6 forum, but he hasn't been around for a long time.

 

[Fabri91]

Forum Orbiter Italia got greeted by Paolo Nespoli when a question by FOI was picked.

 

[Mojave]

Forum Orbiter Italia got greeted by Paolo Nespoli when a question by FOI was picked.

That's the guy. :thumbup:

 

[jangofett287]

IIRC, he aspires to be involved in the ESA.

Correction: IS involved with ESA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Astronaut_Corps#Members

 

[Izack]

Is it bad of me that, when you said "armchair astronauts," I had a desire to strap rocket motors to an armchair and attempt to reach space? :shifty:

 

[Codz]

Correction: IS involved with ESA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Astronaut_Corps#Members

Huh?

 

[Columbia42]

I'd like to see one play orbiter in orbit.

I remember somewhere a thread about what you would bring if you went on an interstellar voyage that would last the rest of your life. Orbiter was the top of my list!

 

[TMac3000]

Is it bad of me that, when you said "armchair astronauts," I had a desire to strap rocket motors to an armchair and attempt to reach space? :shifty:

Bad for us? Not really. It might go bad for you though:shifty:

 

[astrosammy]

Correction: IS involved with ESA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Astronaut_Corps#Members

You mean that in his signature?

No, he's not Timothy Peake.

How should he find the time to write all that nice spaceflight news articles as astronaut?

From Pete's profile:

My ultimate dream & goal in life is to become an Astronaut!

 

[mojoey]

Is it bad of me that, when you said "armchair astronauts," I had a desire to strap rocket motors to an armchair and attempt to reach space? :shifty:

I think that's perfectly normal, but the stresses on the structure of said armchair would not be enough to cope with the...oh god kill me now :lol: