Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
2014/03/09
Orbiter: The shape of things to come (eventually)
The creator of Orbiter Space Flight Simulation ,Dr. Martin Schweiger, posted this YouTube video yesterday on the forum.
I tend to stay away from beta versions of s/w...too much like work. I tend to think a lot of ATM s/w is released so we field techs can finish finding all of the bugs The video shows the current progress for the next major release/version of the simulator.
My jaw didn't really drop open until 31 seconds into it. I can't wait to start using it...especially for further YouTube videos of my own.
Simply phenomenal !
2013/12/22
45th Anniversary of Earthrise
I've also blogged on the iconic photo known as, "Earthrise", before too. See here.
But the people at Goddard Space Center have come out with a new video based on new findings.
Besides, this Tuesday (Christmas Eve) is the 45th anniversary...
Here is the direct link to the YouTube Video: http://youtu.be/dE-vOscpiNc
More multimedia can be found on this page as well: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004100/a004129/
2013/03/24
Pizza on the Moon?
"It all started when I found the green meteorite."
Seriously, this post idea started about 2 weeks ago after reading a thread on Orbiter Forum. It was started by Bloodworth, and discussed food franchises on the Moon - specifically, "on our lunar bases." I was flattered to see, "Niven's Nachos", on the list. Not quite so with his entry for "Jules Verne Vegan Cafe". For you, Dear Reader (if any), not in the "know", Lunar Base Niven resides in the lunar far side crater of Jules Verne.
What really intrigued me was Pipcard's entry. After viewing the commercial for Domino's Pizza, Japan, and doing a little background research, I thought I'd add to this Internet meme (however old and/or short lived it may be). I think that it is a mere publicity stunt in reaction to Pizza Hut's first delivery to the International Space Station. Estimates for this project are $21 billion...their pizza just isn't that good!
I was struck by the similarities between the artist's conception and my own add-on (yes, another opportunity for shameless self-promotion). Dome shaped with solar panels in the background. Turn about is fair play...
So, the following is my first public exhibition of my mesh/texture creation with Wings 3D:
Finally, after adding this mesh into Niven.cfg:
Seriously, this post idea started about 2 weeks ago after reading a thread on Orbiter Forum. It was started by Bloodworth, and discussed food franchises on the Moon - specifically, "on our lunar bases." I was flattered to see, "Niven's Nachos", on the list. Not quite so with his entry for "Jules Verne Vegan Cafe". For you, Dear Reader (if any), not in the "know", Lunar Base Niven resides in the lunar far side crater of Jules Verne.
What really intrigued me was Pipcard's entry. After viewing the commercial for Domino's Pizza, Japan, and doing a little background research, I thought I'd add to this Internet meme (however old and/or short lived it may be). I think that it is a mere publicity stunt in reaction to Pizza Hut's first delivery to the International Space Station. Estimates for this project are $21 billion...their pizza just isn't that good!
I was struck by the similarities between the artist's conception and my own add-on (yes, another opportunity for shameless self-promotion). Dome shaped with solar panels in the background. Turn about is fair play...
So, the following is my first public exhibition of my mesh/texture creation with Wings 3D:
Finally, after adding this mesh into Niven.cfg:
(Click on images to enlarge)
THIS ISN'T an update to my add-on, BTW. Above view is looking roughly south from the base.
2013/01/26
Simulation is...
Credit to Dr. Richard Gran, director (ret.), Advanced Concepts, Grumman, and member of the Apollo Lunar Module Digital Autopilot design team.
Credit also to MathWorks.
Simulation is...
The creation of a model that can be manipulated logically to decide how the physical world works.
Simulations answer questions.
Excellent video on the subject.
Credit also to MathWorks.
Simulation is...
The creation of a model that can be manipulated logically to decide how the physical world works.
Simulations answer questions.
Excellent video on the subject.
2012/06/10
Earth at Night
I can't help but contemplate about Psalm 115:16 when I watch this video:
A family member once opined that humans have no business in space per the Dominion Mandate and the above Psalm.
Per this reasoned article on the matter, I think otherwise.
A family member once opined that humans have no business in space per the Dominion Mandate and the above Psalm.
Per this reasoned article on the matter, I think otherwise.
2012/03/16
Riding the Boosters
I'll let the video speak for itself. Special thanks to Skywalker Sound.
Hat tip to Bob DeLong.
Hat tip to Bob DeLong.
2012/02/08
Lunar Base Niven v.3.0 FIXED!
I released ver. 3.0 knowing it had a flashing issue with the animated vessels. I searched both the old M6 forum and the current Orbiter-Forum for solutions and came up with nothing. I figured that not only would I get smart a$$ comments (here and here) but I would also get helpful suggestions (here and here).
From the 1st suggestion posted by Loru (change COG to >0), I was able to quickly find that it also needed the landing points changed in the original Spacecraft3 config file...as suggested by woo482. As I was running out of time yesterday morning and had to leave for work, I did manage to get the issue resolved but yet not upload said changes until this morning. A quick recompile via the DLL converter and changing the documentation and the zip file...and an update on the "Hangar".
Being indebted to both Loru and woo482, my humble and small thanks was to include them in the credits.
Reinforcing my comments about disco, I offer the following chorus from April Wine's, Wanna Rock, originally released on the album, Nature of the Beast:
I flatly refuse to boogie till I puke! I'll puke FIRST!
Here's the song on YouTube:
Better a smart a$$ than a dumb a$$!
From the 1st suggestion posted by Loru (change COG to >0), I was able to quickly find that it also needed the landing points changed in the original Spacecraft3 config file...as suggested by woo482. As I was running out of time yesterday morning and had to leave for work, I did manage to get the issue resolved but yet not upload said changes until this morning. A quick recompile via the DLL converter and changing the documentation and the zip file...and an update on the "Hangar".
Being indebted to both Loru and woo482, my humble and small thanks was to include them in the credits.
Reinforcing my comments about disco, I offer the following chorus from April Wine's, Wanna Rock, originally released on the album, Nature of the Beast:
Don't waste my money driving 'round in a car
Save my money for electric guitars
Disco music's just a social disease
If it don't rock me, then it ain't gonna please me
I flatly refuse to boogie till I puke! I'll puke FIRST!
Here's the song on YouTube:
Better a smart a$$ than a dumb a$$!
2011/10/20
2011/09/06
Better Photos of Apollo Landing Sites
One simply has to go to NASA's LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) website to see the interactive photos of Apollo 12, 14, and 17 landing sites. A slider in the middle of the photo lets you seen the difference between the previous photos and the most recent ones. Absolutely outstanding detail! At Apollo 17's landing site, you can see better the difference between the footprints the astronauts made and the tracks made by the lunar rover.
The official NASA press release can be found here.
Here's a You Tube video:
TAKE THAT YOU MOON LANDING HOAX NUT CASES!
As an inside joke, someone posted the following thread on Orbiter-Forum:
NASA releases photos of lunar landing sound-stage
The official NASA press release can be found here.
Here's a You Tube video:
TAKE THAT YOU MOON LANDING HOAX NUT CASES!
As an inside joke, someone posted the following thread on Orbiter-Forum:
NASA releases photos of lunar landing sound-stage
2011/09/05
2 Kinds of Science
That would be observational science and historical science. Don't confuse the two.
2011/08/28
2011/08/20
Orbiter 2010 Unofficial trailer
2011/08/07
Apollo 11 Descent of Eagle to Landing via Google Moon
The video intro explains how this was constructed.
The best comment, IMO, was, "Yes they did".
The best comment, IMO, was, "Yes they did".
2011/05/05
50 Years of American Spaceflight
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Alan B. Shepard's sub-orbital flight aboard Freedom 7. The "ride" only lasted 15 minutes and 22 seconds, and reached a height of 116.46 miles. As his flight was the first to follow international rules, I decided not to mention in this blog the one that happened about 3 weeks earlier. OK, I'll admit I'm biased...the earlier flight wasn't American. Freedom 7 had been scheduled to fly 1 month earlier, but NASA wanted to perform more testing (yes, that's right, we sent another chimp up first), thus losing another round in the Space Race.
Yesterday, the U.S. Postal Service released two new stamps commemorating 2 flights spanning this time period. Shepard is the first astronaut to appear by himself on a stamp:
This video from NASA honors today's achievement, and includes comments from 2 of his Mercury colleagues:
Shepard was the only astronaut of the original seven selected by NASA to go on and make a moon landing as commander of Apollo 14. He also was the first to play golf on the Moon, on Feb. 6, 1971 (my ninth birthday).
Miles and miles and miles...
2008/02/28
Almost Home
This is my first attempt. I need to rework it a little. It would help if I had a more powerful graphics card and better editing software.
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