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On Orbit => Space Shuttle Mission Simulator (tm) => Topic started by: Admin on December 19, 2008, 03:01:03 PM
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dBrMVdBEcuE
Enjoy!
/Admin
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That 180-dome looks pretty immersive. Do you have any pictures of that setup?
And how was the event in general? Did you meet any SSM-fans?
-Toine
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Got to get me a dome :)
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Looked like you guys had alot of fun.
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Nice! Is there a (long) movie too?
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What the.....that guy at 34 sec was landing the shuttle using a gamepad...Madness! :P
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Well, after about 10 attempts he did land the Shuttle with the gamepad, but whadayawant? He's from NASA!
/Admin
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Well, after about 10 attempts he did land the Shuttle with the gamepad, but whadayawant? He's from NASA!
/Admin
"He's from NASA, 10 attempts".
What is he, the cleaner??? ;D
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Well, actually one of the Simulation dept guy - LOL! Others fared much better, with a girl - YES, GIRL! - landing on the first attempt!
IN YOUR FACE! :)
/Admin
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I hope Eileen Collins doesn't see that comment :)
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I hope Eileen Collins doesn't see that comment :)
Well, it's a compliment, and that girl was no Eileen Collins last time I've checked :). I Was hoping to rattle the cage a bit and find out if we actually have any girls on the forum...
/Admin
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find out if we actually have any girls on the forum
Nah, I don't think so. Flight simulators don't have many, and this is even further out ;D
On the other hand, this might indicate that girls have better eyesight....
They seem to be able to see that it's all just little dots of light on a screen :o
But, man - do we have a lot of fun with those...
brgds
Sven
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Why wouldn't there be any girls here?
Some of the greatest astronomers were women; the first belgian ESA astronaut was a woman, etc etc...
As for piloting the shuttle: I've seen plenty of girls flying our shuttle simulator at the Euro Space Center where I work, and most of the times, they do a better job at it...
On the other hand, the real astronaut corps consists mainly of men. Don't know why, but that's just the way it is.
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What the.....that guy at 34 sec was landing the shuttle using a gamepad...Madness! :P
SPARTA!!!
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..if we actually have any girls on the forum...
well, there's some old women here :)
I've introduced SSM to a bunch of chaps at BAE Systems, they where impressed. I have a suspicion that a forum member is one ;)
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..if we actually have any girls on the forum...
well, there's some old women here :)
I've introduced SSM to a bunch of chaps at BAE Systems, they where impressed. I have a suspicion that a forum member is one ;)
"Old women"? We did have inquiries from "old women" - actually from the military - most of them Air Force officers (pilots?). I don't know if they purchased SSM2007 or not, but they seemed knowledgeable on the subject.
So I wouldn't be surprised if we have some reps of the "other gender" as customers, though I am not sure if they are in the forum.
/Admin
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I wonder how many other people who have purchased SSM07, have direct/indirect links to the Shuttle/NASA.
Speaking of links with NASA, and going off topic, have you considered a Boxed Retail version (same copy protection) where it can be sold at NASA Centers like KSC visitors complex? They currently have something (http://www.thespaceshop.com/shflsi.html), but I don't think it's a simulator like SSM07. ;)
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Forgive me for mentioning this again, but......wouldn't NASA have a database of high resolution Earth textures? If so, I wonder if close links with them could be a cost effective means of obtaining this kind of data....