dayglow 2 Posted October 3, 2002 Try this site. See if you can get a stable orbit with a satlite, just click with your mouse with some motion to get things going. http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/satellites.html COLINMAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted October 3, 2002 die, earth! die!!! LOL great link! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted October 3, 2002 I like it- very fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
second_draw 0 Posted October 3, 2002 I want to try and get a geostationary stallite but earth won't move. At first i thought you had to bombard earth with the little pixels Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Satchel 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Here another little game: http://treff.bundeswehr.de/data/05_spiele/index.html For a small short-term memory exercise click the MorseCode game. You´ll see an interface with 2 buttons in the center, after game start you hear an audio tone and see displaying of a number on one of the 2 buttons that indicate which, and how often that button need to be pressed, you have to remember sequences from start to end and repeat them. The programm distinguishes between long and short tones (right interface button=long tones /left interface button=short tones), you need to repeat the sequence correctly by pressing the according buttons. The clue is as you progress the morse code gets longer and longer as it builds up on the first morse code. For the game to start click "Neues Spiel" on the left hand menu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayglow 2 Posted October 3, 2002 I have my best success when I just click like crazy while moving the mouse slowly. I then by pure chance get around 10 or so orbits that last. I haven't ever got one that doesn't slowly decay though. COLINMAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Major Fubar 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Great link...lots of fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cybrid 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Just by chance I got one thats done over 300 est revoutions by now, the moon keeps aligning its orbit so it never crashes into the earth. I have created the perfect orbit Well I'm sure it will crash eventually, law of average and stuff, the moon won't always be in the right spot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cybrid 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Well It finally crashed, but i had that thing going for at least 30min Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLight 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Hmz, i first thought i had to bomb earth Oh well, my personal record is 15 seconds or something like that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedRogue 0 Posted October 3, 2002 I have one going that screams by earth just missing the atmosphere then loops out towards the moon and comes back doing its high speed pass again. Been going for a couple hours now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badgerboy 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Ha ha! Perfect, It just keeps going. 3 hours so far. I'll try and go for the record. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Has anyone managed to make an orbit around the moon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted October 3, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Oct. 03 2002,18:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Has anyone managed to make an orbit around the moon?<span id='postcolor'> no Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted October 3, 2002 well, I have gotten a few, but never ones that last longer than a few minutes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cybrid 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Damit, i though my 30min was some great accomplishment or somthing Homer-"No matter how good you are at somthing, there will always be someone out there thats better than you" Bart- "Got it, can't win, don't try" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted October 3, 2002 That's a fun applet for those slow moments at the office. I wish it had a way of displaying the ephemeris data, or to let you enter it manually -- that way we could exchange and compare our success stories. (Mister Frag, who just wiped out billions of people again) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLight 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Hmz this is what i did, try it, it's pretty damn hard. -I made the dot make an '8' around the earth and moon - On another attemp, the dot went straight to the earth, stopped, stood still for about 15 seconds and then returned to the moon Pretty impressive stuff huh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badgerboy 0 Posted October 3, 2002 Ha, the buggers still going.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 3, 2002 Ok, this starts falling into the category of too offtopic for offtopic. Closing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
