Archives for 14 November 2005

Flying the Space Shuttle

Published on 14 Nov 2005 at 9:28 pm. 3 Comments.
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I’ve been an avid user of X-Plane for a few years now (since version 5). X-Plane is the world’s most comprehensive, powerful flight simulator, and has the most realistic flight model available for personal computers.
Now I’d always known there were pre-programed scenarios in X-Plane where you could fly the space shuttle into Edwards [...]

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Two Degrees of Separation

Published on 14 Nov 2005 at 7:49 pm. No Comments.
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I realize this is kind of late but I just figured it out myself. I noticed last night that the Moon was overtaking Mars. Tonight, starting at about 11PM local time (transit is at 11:35 so it will be high in the sky for me) the Moon and Mars will only be separated by about [...]

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