[Diaspora] spaceship images

[Brad Murray]

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Gordon McCormick <gordon at sprucemoose.net> wrote:
> I think a look around the various future project ideas of NASA may be
> useful for me then!

No question. Also check out Atomic Rocket
<http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/> as that's where a lot of the
science came from before we savaged it into a game.

> Interface vehicles alone have quite a variety, from big rockets to the
> multi stage planes, you know the type where they fly the small craft
> up high on the back of a 747 and launch from there. Or was that
> Superman Returns...

That's how the shuttle gets from where it lands to where it needs to
be to this very day! Here's some great footage of NASA "de-mating" the
two after the last landing:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyWY4CjpsXI&feature=player_embedded>

Other good places for real space craft include Space Gizmo
<http://spacegizmo.livingdazed.com/> and X-Planes
<http://xplanes.tumblr.com/>.

-- 
Brad Murray (halfjack)
VSCA Publishing