Landing simulation

I heard several times that CDR and PLT were practicing landings on a
laptop simulator. Is the program available to the public?
Thanks
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On Jun 25, 7:21 am, Jim in Houston wrote:
I heard several times that CDR and PLT were practicing landings on a
laptop simulator. Is the program available to the public?
Thanks
--

Not the same problem but it is very accurate and free. http://www.orbitersim.com

Rob Conley

Jim in Houston stelde dit idée voor :
I heard several times that CDR and PLT were practicing landings on a
laptop simulator. Is the program available to the public?
Thanks
--
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AFAIK NASA does not use Windows or Linux on their on orbit computers.

André

André wrote:
Jim in Houston stelde dit idée voor :
I heard several times that CDR and PLT were practicing landings on a
laptop simulator. Is the program available to the public?
Thanks
--
snipped
AFAIK NASA does not use Windows or Linux on their on orbit computers.

Not on the shuttle's General Purpose Computers (GPCs), no.

However, they do carry IBM ThinkPad A31p laptops that run either Windows
2000 or Solaris. The simulator in question (PILOT) runs under the
former, I think.

On Jun 25, 1:15 pm, Robert Conley wrote:
Not the same problem but it is very accurate and free.http://www.orbitersim.com

I'm not sure I'd call Orbiter's shuttle landing 'very' accurate: for
example, there's no weather to deal with on the way down. Though I
guess the shuttle rarely lands in anything other than almost ideal
weather anyway .

Mark

On Jun 25, 10:37 am, " wrote:

I'm not sure I'd call Orbiter's shuttle landing 'very' accurate: for
example, there's no weather to deal with on the way down. Though I
guess the shuttle rarely lands in anything other than almost ideal
weather anyway .

Mark

True that Orbiter doesn't simulate weather out of the box. But it is
possible to simulate the effects of weather with an add-on. The
Orbiter API allows for the addition of arbitrary force vectors which
would allow for simulation of wind gust. A wet runway can be simulated
by changing the friction coefficient of the wheels. And so on. Orbiter
is a highly programmable system and it totally freeform.

On Jun 25, 8:46 am, André, PE1PQX wrote:
Jim in Houston stelde dit idée voor : I heard several times that CDR and PLT were practicing landings on a
laptop simulator. Is the program available to the public?
Thanks
--

snipped
AFAIK NASA does not use Windows or Linux on their on orbit computers.

They sure as heck use them in many of the ground systems. It used to
be Big Iron (i.e. main frames like IBM 360/370, Vaxes (I hate the term
Vaxen, but added to let the bit heads know that I knew) and Control
Data, etc. Eventually workstations like Suns, SGIs and HPs were
everywhere but now Intel-based machines running Windows and Linux have
taken over. Macs seems to have fallen out of favor as well.

Eric


André

On Jun 25, 9:56 am, "Jorge R. Frank" wrote:
André wrote:
Jim in Houston stelde dit idée voor :
I heard several times that CDR and PLT were practicing landings on a
laptop simulator. Is the program available to the public?
Thanks
--
snipped
AFAIK NASA does not use Windows or Linux on their on orbit computers.

Not on the shuttle's General Purpose Computers (GPCs), no.

However, they do carry IBM ThinkPad A31p laptops that run either Windows
2000 or Solaris. The simulator in question (PILOT) runs under the
former, I think.

Is that version of Solaris for Intel processors? Is Sun still
supporting that OS? I got a Intel-based PC running Solaris out of
excess at GSFC about 2-3 years ago. I haven't seen any since.

Eric

In article . com,
says...
Is that version of Solaris for Intel processors?

yes. From http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/:
The free and open source Solaris Operating System—available on hundreds
of x64/x86 platforms and supported for thousands of open source and ISV
applications and partners.

From that page, you should be able to download the Solaris/x86 kit.


Is Sun still supporting that OS?

Yes. The depth of support comes and goes. At the moment, Sun is strongly
supporting it. A few years ago, their support was weaker. A few years
from now, who knows?
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