August 24, 20241 yr This will be an interesting mission. Earth orbit altitude record. First commercial spacewalk. Test new spacesuit. New comms system (laser based Starlink) Science experiments. They will pass through the South Atlantic Anomoly (Inner Van Allen Belt) Edited August 24, 20241 yr by martin-w
August 27, 20241 yr Author Launch delayed until tomorrow due to a helium leak. They will spend quite a bit of time (deliberately) in the inner Van Allen Belt. But please don't tell the Moon landing deniers because they wont be happy. 😄 Edited August 27, 20241 yr by martin-w
August 27, 20241 yr So many poets have waxed poetically about this mythical thing they named the moon. Which they say sometimes comes out at night and wanders about the night sky. They even say they have seen it! 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
August 28, 20241 yr Would be great to have a good simulator for these kind of trips 🙂 Edited August 28, 20241 yr by jcomm Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 28, 20241 yr Author Delayed again, I'm afraid. Weather is great for launch but not for return.
September 1, 20241 yr Moderator 6 hours ago, martin-w said: Be Wednesday now, for the launch, if anyone is interested. https://www.space.com/faa-investigation-spacex-rocket-landing-failure
September 1, 20241 yr Administrators Oh, is there another big bada-boom coming? 🚀 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
September 2, 20241 yr Wheeew! Had me worried! I misread the title as "Polaris Down" 😕 .... I thought the North Star had disappeared ! 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
September 2, 20241 yr Author 9 hours ago, charliearon said: Oh, is there another big bada-boom coming? 🚀 Hope not, Charlie. 4 people onboard. The intrepid astronauts will be doing the first commercial space walk. And basking in one of the Van Allen belts. They will be the furthest humans away from Earth since Apollo. Thus, I think this mission deserves more attention that the media are giving it. 10 hours ago, ViperPilot said: https://www.space.com/faa-investigation-spacex-rocket-landing-failure They have clearance to launch now.
September 2, 20241 yr On 8/28/2024 at 3:22 AM, jcomm said: Would be great to have a good simulator for these kind of trips 🙂 May Kerbal Space Program be good enough? I learned about them here in the forums. Edited September 2, 20241 yr by Luis Hernandez Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
September 4, 20241 yr Author As leader of the Avsim Space Cadets, I must inform you that Polaris Dawn is again delayed due to weather. Will be Friday, now.
September 4, 20241 yr Administrators I just saw Wed. the 8th...maybe an older article?? OK, just saw it's Friday...at least for now! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
September 5, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, martin-w said: Yep, Friday now. They need good weather, both up and down. You don't happen to know the UK launch time on Friday by any chance?
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