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Wrecked space shuttle on orbit?

CuriousOneCuriousOne Posts: 931
edited 2013-12-29 10:19 in General Discussion
Found this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K88HFdTNa8U Looks extremly realistic, just camera zoom precision and panning set some questions... what do you think?

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  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-12-28 10:46
    Well done, for sure but no more real than these:
  • Hal AlbachHal Albach Posts: 747
    edited 2013-12-28 10:48
    Could this be some footage from "Gravity"?
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-12-28 10:49
    It's this fake from 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_kEg1qIVsc
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-12-28 10:51
    Oh, and hear is the "Faking Hoaxer" himself: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFakingHoaxer
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2013-12-28 11:21
    You guys probably didn't hear about that lunar lander that lost its gyro flipped and blew a docking port either.

    [video=youtube_share;3z93V1f3Bik]
  • Mark_TMark_T Posts: 1,981
    edited 2013-12-28 12:55
    Hmm, the Chinese could have saved a lot of money on that Jade Rabbit if they hired Faking Hoaxer.... Or did they?
    I'm going to get sceptical about Grasshopper now :)
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2013-12-28 23:27
    xanadu ! Kerbal space program Best game ever ! where was this when I was a kid .


    This was from last night and my crater landing .. IIRC , Apollo 11 had to avoid a crater too .
    I had to Really use some serious RCS to Slip just in to the right place ...
    11597521426_77e7c4e50f.jpg


    I have a new craft I am gonna bolierplate test tonight to Mun . Its called the A1G Hex Drop Long ( Its got some extra Omph for the first 4KM up and the TLI stage is longer so I have extra gas to do my tests with) .

    11575883233_60f617f503_b.jpg


    Ill send a Prime test crew up on sunday once the Mun has a better alignment .. and do a Apollo 8 once around .
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2013-12-29 02:20
    CuriousOne wrote: »
    Found this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K88HFdTNa8U Looks extremly realistic, just camera zoom precision and panning set some questions... what do you think?

    Interesting that space explosions always seem to leave a debris field close by, I think in reality those bits and pieces would be on their way somewhere else - at a rapid pace.
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2013-12-29 09:54
    Peter KG6LSE wrote: »
    xanadu ! Kerbal space program Best game ever ! where was this when I was a kid .


    This was from last night and my crater landing .. IIRC , Apollo 11 had to avoid a crater too .
    I had to Really use some serious RCS to Slip just in to the right place ...
    11597521426_77e7c4e50f.jpg


    I have a new craft I am gonna bolierplate test tonight to Mun . Its called the A1G Hex Drop Long ( Its got some extra Omph for the first 4KM up and the TLI stage is longer so I have extra gas to do my tests with) .

    11575883233_60f617f503_b.jpg


    Ill send a Prime test crew up on sunday once the Mun has a better alignment .. and do a Apollo 8 once around .

    Nice! That is a serious amount of fuel. I lost my advanced stability control because I jettisoned it on the wrong side of a decoupler stage. Can your lander get back to Kerbin?

    Sweet! I used to play this other space sim, it was really good but I wanted to learn about orbits, etc and the learning curve was wicked steep. When this came out I tried the demo and I was doing all kinds of stuff. Plus, the poor Kerbals *sometimes* I want to get them home. I should re-install it but some bugs were kind of discouraging. Guess I could always use the plethora of DLC they have now.

    This is as far as I made it, other than the Mun "landing". It's a little discouraging to have to get something in orbit to test it in space. I's also like it if the Kerbals could manipulate stuff while EVA, so you can build in space.

    [video=youtube_share;YlwUwH85yXg]
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-12-29 10:05
    Peter KG6LSE wrote: »
    xanadu ! Kerbal space program Best game ever ! where was this when I was a kid .


    Ill send a Prime test crew up on sunday once the Mun has a better alignment .. and do a Apollo 8 once around .

    Here's a realistic and free Apollo lander program, Eagle lander with very realistic lunar mapping data. http://eaglelander3d.com
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2013-12-29 10:19
    Here is the other free one I was thinking of http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/

    The thing about Kerbal is you get to build what you put into orbit. I don't think any of the sims are like that.
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