DCS NASA

[Devil 505]

This is way out there but I was inspired by a Documentary I watched last night called "Last man on the moon." I recommend all of you on this board watch it if you are aviation enthusiast and space enthusiast alike.

 

Gene Cernan, one of the astronauts of the Gemini and Apollo missions spoke of his love for aviation and how it led him to becoming an astronaut. It was very sad to see him back on the pad today. He said he wished he had never come back. It was abandoned and rusting away in time. Cernan along with other astronauts fear we will forget what they contributed to mankind. It was a powerful documentary. This is what leads me to this suggestion (which I already know is going to get blasted by you kind gentleman who want nothing to do with it and think it will rear us off other projects.)

 

I suggest in honoring these men by recreating an accurate as possible simulation of the Gemini and Apollo missions. Possibly even the Moon landing. I believe the documentation is out there for this and I think it would be an excellent tribute to those men. We also still have the opportunity while they are alive to use them in assisting the development of a simulation like this. I think we take for granted these men and how much longer they will be with us. If we could take their knowledge and capture it in time with a simulation not unlike what DCS is doing already, I think it would provide an excellent means to keeping their legacy alive.

 

This also would open up other doors for a new genre for DCS. We have the F-5 coming which we all know was a trainer for the Astronauts. We have the ability to do an awesome map of Cape Canaveral, and other aircraft NASA used at the time. I believe this would make an excellent tribute to the program which so many are starting to forget. Not to mention it would make one hell of a VR experience. I know they have already made an Apollo 11 experience but I think DCS has the ability to knock that out of the water. Let me know what you guys think? And please, for the love of aviation and space, watch the documentary.

 

Robert

Edited July 14, 2016 by robert.clark251

[MegOhm_SD]

Great idea but IMHO I doubt DCS is the right platform for the space side of this. It would best be a stand alone simulation, a completely different genre.

 

The aircraft side of this? Sure, why not.

 

That said, I would love to see it done. A full sim trip to the moon as they experienced it would be something I would love to do.

 

I witnessed the whole space race during my childhood and later years. I was at The Cape and saw Apollo 17 launch at night. An experience I will never forget as night turned into day and the Earth shook and trembled beneath my feet as that Saturn V lumbered off the pad! These men are true Heros.

Edited July 14, 2016 by MegOhm_SD

[Drag0nWIng]

DCS: Shooting Laser from Space Shuttle.

 

Red player wags killed blue player chich by Laser cannon.

Blue player chich(su-27) ejected.

[lxvanwyk]

Give me a helo and I will fetch them from the capsule after splash down.......cool mission.

[Tirak]

DCS: Space Shuttle Door Gunner

 

 

DCS does not have a round Earth, so a space sim is out of the question. The games you want are Kerbal Space Program, and Orbiter.

[Darkbrotherhood7]

DCS F/A-37 Talon

 

 

That's all we need:music_whistling:

 

Ok now seriously, I would love a space flight sim,

[BitMaster]

Just saw another docu...about 25% of all Americans believe we have never been up there at all !

 

And just about the same percentage in every other nation you ask that question.

 

 

With the Cold War and knowing Kennedy there are good chances things went not as we got told.

[S-GERAT]

I prefer ED focusing in what is doing now, there is a LOT of years of work before they can even think to add another types of simulators.

 

Take a look to Take On Mars, probably isn't what you want.. but maybe you enjoy it.

 

http://mars.takeonthegame.com/

[ricktoberfest]

Just saw another docu...about 25% of all Americans believe we have never been up there at all !

 

And just about the same percentage in every other nation you ask that question.

 

 

With the Cold War and knowing Kennedy there are good chances things went not as we got told.

 

 

 

Not quite as told... Sure. But don't you think the Russians would have said something if it was a fake. They would have loved making the Americans look stupid. That and the fact that anybody with a (really) good telescope could see them.

 

 

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[Bushmanni]

While not space related you can do pretty interesting flight testing experiments in DCS like NASA does because of the high fidelity flight modeling. Just read up on some aerodynamics, get some engineering related education and create some data collection scripts and you are set for some flight testing and Matlab fun analyzing the results. DCS is great tool for learning about aerodynamics and the engineering side of aviation.

[cichlidfan]

Kerbal Space Program is the perfect space sim. :P

[S-GERAT]

Kerbal Space Program is the perfect space sim. :P

 

If it was about humans during the cold war and focused in realism, it will be a 10/10 game for me.

[Pitot]

Since we have a trolling thread obviously, I would just like to add that I wish for DCS Paper Planes DLC.

 

[shagrat]

DCS: Space Shuttle Door Gunner

 

 

DCS does not have a round Earth, so a space sim is out of the question. The games you want are Kerbal Space Program, and Orbiter.

DCS has a round earth since 1.5...

Just saying.

You'll notice when flying a bit higher, how the horizon curves correctly. ;)

[shagrat]

Just saw another docu...about 25% of all Americans believe we have never been up there at all !

 

And just about the same percentage in every other nation you ask that question.

 

 

With the Cold War and knowing Kennedy there are good chances things went not as we got told.

Well I've had american exchange students ask me how Adolf Hitler is doing, or if we have television in the late 80ies...

 

Just saying. ;)

[shagrat]

And actually there is a pretty complex simulation add on for Orbiter that at least caters for the Apollo Missions:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/nassp/

 

EDIT If you never heard about “Orbiter“, look here:

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk

Edited July 14, 2016 by shagrat

[Devil 505]

Appreciate the replies gents. Thanks for the recommendations. I know about the Take on Mars and Orbiter (Apollo) stuff. Good sims but I just thought DCS could do things better.

 

It was just a thought for the future. I hope DCS will be around as long if not longer than MS FLight SImulator was/is so this could be a realistic goal in the future. I would like to believe since the majority of us will not be able to go to space in this life time, we are goig to need a reliable company such as DCS to take us there in this life time with the th realism they are so dedicated too with their aircraft.

 

I firmly believe to much time, money, and research has gone into virtual reality at this point for it too fade away which leads me to believe it will become more prevalant in the future. This will open doors for everybody to experience things they never would have believed possible. For me, this would be the Apollo/Gemini days. I appreciate the feedback and I am jealous of those who where there for the Apollo launches.

[xBuzz]

Check out Rogue Systems, might be of interest. DCS level systems but in space with fictional spacecraft. Real quality game even in it's early level of production. You can get it on steam.