You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Speciality Forums >> AstroArt Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 8797 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter)       #3089960 - 05/07/09 06:20 AM Attachment (68 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   OK, how would you like to see this in your local real estate listings sometime? It is a "base" created as an add-on for the free space simulation software ORBITER: ORBITER Space Flight Simulator The spacecraft on the landing pad is the Delta Glider, a "Single Stage to Orbit" spacecraft which is a lot easier to fly than the space shuttle (and can do more too). I have this base positioned at the real geographic location of my home, so I couldn't resist playing around with PhotoImpact a bit on it. -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Prairie Astronomy Club http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Post Extras:       edwincjones Postmaster Reged: 04/10/04 Posts: 5945 Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: David Knisely]       #3094004 - 05/09/09 07:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   no-the approach lighting will interfear with observing edj Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 8797 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: edwincjones]       #3095644 - 05/10/09 04:43 AM Attachment (36 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ah, but the lights are only on during the brief period around takeoff and landing (like many rural runways, they can be remotely activated). Besides, with the ability to get to altitudes and views like the one below, lights are not much of an issue: -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Prairie Astronomy Club http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Post Extras:       edwincjones Postmaster Reged: 04/10/04 Posts: 5945 Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: David Knisely]       #3095695 - 05/10/09 06:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It would then make a good Astronomy B&B edj Post Extras:       MoonChild sage Reged: 04/27/09 Posts: 280 Loc: upstate ny Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: edwincjones]       #3105357 - 05/14/09 07:26 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   i would love it!! see space during the day from the craft, and at night , land and view it from the surface! lol very cool man. -------------------- *newb* “Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another” ~  Plato ~Kopernik Observatory ~C.Forks my amateur astronomy pics Post Extras:       Dr Morbius scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 02/06/07 Posts: 1821 Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: MoonChild]       #3113462 - 05/18/09 10:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   How much? -------------------- Meade ETX-125 NightFire 6" f/8 Refractor with Moonlite focuser Meade 14" LX200 S/C D&G 10" f/15 Refractor with Parallax Mount Little Giant 11x70mm Binos I'm afraid of dying, but I've learned to live with it. ......Steve Perry Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 8797 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: MoonChild]       #3117495 - 05/20/09 08:03 PM Attachment (39 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, it would be expensive to say the least (but at least the simulator program ORBITER is free). Here, just for fun, I decided to take off from my home and head to space (altitude something around 50 km or so): -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Prairie Astronomy Club http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Post Extras:       Dr Morbius scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 02/06/07 Posts: 1821 Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: David Knisely]       #3117941 - 05/21/09 12:30 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I know, if you have to ask, you can't afford it. -------------------- Meade ETX-125 NightFire 6" f/8 Refractor with Moonlite focuser Meade 14" LX200 S/C D&G 10" f/15 Refractor with Parallax Mount Little Giant 11x70mm Binos I'm afraid of dying, but I've learned to live with it. ......Steve Perry Post Extras:       richard7 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/02/07 Posts: 1675 Loc: Sacramento Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: Dr Morbius]       #3124771 - 05/24/09 04:38 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Home next to the runway. Hospital only six blocks away (just in case). That's called forward thinking. -------------------- Richard Trost Orion 130st, Ioptron e/r80 Meade 10x50, Konusvue 20x80, Zhumell Tachiyon 25x100 Coffee thermos and cup Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 8797 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: richard7]       #3131635 - 05/28/09 05:15 AM Attachment (22 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, I have to move, as I picked this new ship up at a garage sale and don't quite know where to put it. Anybody recognize it? (hint, it is from a 1963 TV series). -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Prairie Astronomy Club http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 8797 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: David Knisely]       #3222754 - 07/17/09 02:57 AM Attachment (35 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, I put the big one at the Kennedy Space Center (they have more room). I got this next little bad boy from a nice looking guy named John Sheridan (Babylon 5 fans take note). He said he used it only once to land on Mars (prior to getting beat up and kidnapped in a bar), and he didn't think he would have much need of it in his new job. -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Prairie Astronomy Club http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Post Extras:       David Knisely Postmaster Reged: 04/19/04 Posts: 8797 Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska Re: HOME SPACEPORT FOR SALE (Orbiter) [Re: David Knisely]       #3239549 - 07/26/09 02:30 PM Attachment (35 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   OK, for something a little more "down to Earth", here is "my" NASA T38 jet just after takeoff from my home spaceport. -------------------- David W. Knisely Hyde Memorial Observatory http://www.hydeobservatory.info Prairie Astronomy Club http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 0 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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