Wing Commander CIC
Hey fellow Wingnuts.
For all of you out there who ocassionally like to get their Newtonian physics groove on, I highly recommend this great indie game called Kerbal Space Program: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/
You can design, build, and launch your own rockets. The rockets can carry anything from little probes to big landers and there is a whole little solar system for you to send them around. All of the orbital and interplanetary maneuvering is governed with realistic physics. Its still in a pre-release stage (ver 0.18.4 at the moment), so some things aren't implemented yet (like atmo heat), but there is a big mod community that has added new space ship parts and plugins to expand things.
I've had a blast with this thing over the past two weeks, and its almost funnier when you fail then when you actually get something to orbit. I highly recommend it to anyone else here who wants to channel their inner astronaut.
For all of you out there who ocassionally like to get their Newtonian physics groove on, I highly recommend this great indie game called Kerbal Space Program: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/
You can design, build, and launch your own rockets. The rockets can carry anything from little probes to big landers and there is a whole little solar system for you to send them around. All of the orbital and interplanetary maneuvering is governed with realistic physics. Its still in a pre-release stage (ver 0.18.4 at the moment), so some things aren't implemented yet (like atmo heat), but there is a big mod community that has added new space ship parts and plugins to expand things.
I've had a blast with this thing over the past two weeks, and its almost funnier when you fail then when you actually get something to orbit. I highly recommend it to anyone else here who wants to channel their inner astronaut.