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Re: New ships for Astro Lift
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:38:47 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Tim Courtney writes:
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> Whoa Trev! SWEET! I love the modular concept behind it - but I don't see
> hatches on the modules, how do you assemble a ship in a vacuum? Or do you do
> that in a pressurized weightless bay, or on a surface? I like this as a larger
> modular system - that's another thing I want to do is work on a new modular
> standard (as opposed to my E-43, which is rather conservative on interior space
> and function, though it looks pretty).
Well, you see the basic style blue 5x4 doors on the living quarters. I
designed the system to accept them on all the modules, but I'm just short on
blue doors right now (note: *BLUE* doors, or white is permissible - I saw a
bunch of blue ones on ebay a short while back, but I had yet to tackle this
ship. DAMN! What can I say? Blue is my favorite color). In the mean
time, I stuck them on the living quarters. I planned to have the
engineering mod and the living mod connected anyway.
In truth, the rest of the ship can be depresurized since the 2 guys and 2
gals (did you notice the genders?) have full pressure suits for when they
take the ship apart in orbit to take the surface anyway. It's meant to be a
semi-one-time deal of a trip, meaning that this could be a science vessel in
which you land on the surface for 2 years before leaving for a
refit/restock/new destination. Nice huh? I kinda like it, and it is one of
the primary goals behind Astro Lift.
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> I'd love to build with ya sometime - you're in MI, right? Too bad right now I'm
> in Boston,
MIT, I presume? If so, what program? Comp Eng? (just taking a stab - most
guys here are IT professionals for some reason).
but I will be back in Chicago between the 10-18 of March. Dunno what
> I'm doing then either - but you couldn't be more than a 4-5 hr drive from me.
Aww gee. :^) SURE! That would be a hoot! I should be around in the
summer - probably the best time for meets since people get time off and the
weather's nice. I live in Windsor, Canada on the border of Detroit, so I
have to haul all my crap across da border to go to meets. It is a royal
pain to do this in cold, inclement weather.
US Border Guard with big gun: "Anything to declare?"
Me: "uuuhhhh..." (boxes piled in my back seat)
US Border Guard with big gun: "Puuullll over!"
I've done it before, though, and will do it again. Took my Mk3 plus my
freighters to a MichLUG meet in Sept/Oct. I just have to keep it to a
visible minimum in the car. The problem is for me making to a place like
Ada where you last drove part way to - 3.5 hours at least for me. Lotsa
space here for a meet, though! ;^D
As for March, I should be in the area over the weekend of the 10th and
possibly over the weekend of the 18th. (I may be going to vacation over the
end of March). Maybe we can get a MichLUG meet going over one weekend for
all those who are not going someplace warm! :^) We should talk about this
more on the MichLUG section of LUGnet.
~Trev
Astro Lift Co.
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| "Trevor Pruden" <trevor_pruden@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G7L8Bp.I7t@lugnet.com... (...) Whoa Trev! SWEET! I love the modular concept behind it - but I don't see hatches on the modules, how do you assemble a ship in a vacuum? Or do you do (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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