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The Astro Orbiter in action as viewed from the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover in the Magic Kingdom.
No form of the attraction existed in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World until 1974, three years after the park's opening, when Tomorrowland underwent a massive expansion including the creation of Space Mountain, a new location for the Disneyland-attraction, Carousel of Progress, and the WEDWay PeopleMover. Star Jets was considered the focal point of Tomorrowland due to its soaring, spinning rockets and central location.
This version of the attraction was based on the Disneyland version, in both location (on top of the PeopleMover platform) and in style (both feature a large Saturn V rocket). However the attraction vehicles were different than any other previous form as they were much larger and featured a flatter back-end and larger tail fins. Each of the 12 open-air vehicles was attached to the central axis by a 20 foot arm. The vehicles held up to two passengers who circled round and round, 80 feet above the ground, while controlling their ascent and descent with a metal control stick.
In 1994, the attraction was re-designed and re-opened as the Astro Orbiter, part of the complete renovation of the park's Tomorrowland section. The attraction featured a highly stylized iron-work tower in lieu of the center rocket along with various planets on the outside of the attraction as to appear as if the rockets were weaving between the planets. The ride at the Magic Kingdom does 11 rotations per minute and averages 1.2 million miles a year.[2] In the narration for the Tomorrowland Transit Authority, the ride is referenced as the "League of Planets Astro Orbiter."
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It’s the 23rd century, it’s the year 2267, and the stardate is 1312.7, the USS Colosus is orbiting the planet Wofrone.
“Captain, we’re getting some sort of reading from the planet, it’s from a rather deserted area.”
“Alright Lieutenant Grazer, keep monitoring it.”
“Alright Captain Kent” the crew of the ship get back to their basic duties, several minutes go by, and a beeping sound keeps getting louder, until the first officer walks over to it.
“Lieutenant, is this thing, getting closer to us each time it beeps” he looks rather scared, as his head goes from the screen to the Commander.
“Uh…yeah I think that’s what it is” the Commander looks confused for a moment, then decides to take action, acting swiftly he orders his men.
“Alright someone scan that thing, and fast, and you, Greg try and make communications with em.”
“Right away sir” the communications officer yells, he attempts to contact the ship but there’s no reply, in this time the scanning of the ship is completed.
“Sir, a scan of the ship reveals that it’s rather small, it has several life forms aboard, and…wait a second” the Captain rushes over, as he becomes worried, he peers over his shoulder and looks at the screen.
“My god, what’s sticking out of the ship?”
“It looks like, well it looks like a claw now, it’s changed in seconds, do you think it’s?”
“Oh god no” the Captain says, he begins looking around franticly, and then shouts.
“Someone raise the shields!” he yells, suddenly the ship is shaken, once everyone recovers, they realize what has happened.
“They took out our shields, other than that there isn’t any damage” one officer says, the captain turns around, looking rather confused by what has happened.
“Send a security team down there immediately, I need a search of the zone, and someone get the camera footage up now!” he yells out, he’s an experienced captain, and should be able to deal with this, though every time he has, he’s always felt the looming presence of death, and who knows, maybe this time it will be his last. Within no time the security team is by the ship, and the whole bridge is watching quietly, waiting for any sudden movements. Suddenly steam bursts from a hatch on the ship, and the hatch then pops off, several figures leap out of the smoke, and the security team falls back around the corridor, watching quietly. The intruders look around when suddenly the security team jumps out and begins firing at them, in no time they’re all stunned, that’s when suddenly the scanner goes crazy, out of nowhere several ships appear, and that’s when Captain Kent begins to realize what’s going on.
“My god…WE’RE BEING BORDED!” he shouts out, with the shields down, the ships fly right onto the ship. It shakes, and the lights go out for a moment, once power is back on the Captain broadcasts a message to the crew.
“Attention all crewmembers, as of now we are being boarded by an unknown enemy, for your safety, and the safety of the crew, set your phasers to kill, I repeat, set your phasers to kill” he cuts off the transmission and grabs a phaser.
“Sir one of the ships, it landed near us.”
“How long till it gets here?” the Captain asks, ready to figure out a plan.
“North of five minutes.”
“Damn, that’s barley enough time to think of anything.”
“Don’t worry Captain, I’m sure we can fight back” the Commander says.
“I guess you’re right Smith” he doesn’t look as frightened, seemingly soothed by what the first officer has to say.
“Alright, everyone get ready, a battle is imminent. They wait a moment, getting reports of deaths all over the ship, in some places they’ve managed to defeat boarding parties, but in others they’ve been overrun, and now they’re closer to the bridge than ever.
“GET READY!” First Officer Smith yells out, the door is busted open, the crew look over and see two men board. They’re dressed in attire you would normally wear in a desert, holding weapons that aren’t the normal kind.
“Who the hell are you and why are you on my ship?” the Captain yells, seemingly very triumphant, and proud of its honor, not wanting it to be tainted by these unwanted visitors.
“We, are the harbingers of revolution, we are the heralds of change, we are Recensere!” a man yells from the hall, he emerges from the darkness, an angry face, one of resent and pure concentrated rage, his clothes damaged from sand, with some sand still left on him. The Captain walks over to him, he’s about to reason with him, try and change what’s going on, but he doesn’t realize how badly this will end.
“You realize this is an act of war against the federation, and you will be dealt with in full force” he stands his ground, and doesn’t show any sign of fear, like a good captain.
“George, George Kent, I know what your ship, and the Federation means to you, but I think our ideals might clash if we negotiate normally, so I prefer a different kind of negotiation” he smirks, and suddenly all of a sudden, a bright green light appears.
“Aggressive negotiations!” the Captain winces in pain, and the man takes a second shot, coming from the lower half of the gun. The Captain falls to the floor, as these three men look over him, in less than half a second lasers fly across the room. The crew holds their ground for as long as possible, and the commander gets to the Captain’s chair, and makes an announcement across the ship.
“ATTENTION ALL CREW, I, BENJAMIN SMITH, AM NOW CAPTAIN OF THIS VESSEL, AND I URGE ALL OF YOU, TO ESCAPE, THESE MEN ARE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, SO RUN WHILE YOU CAN!” he’s cut off when someone shoots at him, and he scrambles, firing back at him with a phaser, soon enough more intruders rush into the room, firing green bolts of energy at the Colossus’s crew.
The communications officer, Greg, and the Lieutenant, Grazer fall back, to the edge of the bridge, as the few other remaining officers fire at the invaders, but are slowly taken out one by one.
“I’m moving in a bit to get a better shot!” Grazer yells, as he moves towards one of the railings, he’s able to shoot two intruders, before being shot in the left side of his chest, he slumps over the railing, dead.
“Sir, there isn’t much time, how the hell are we gonna fight back!”
“I don’t know, but we just have to try” the new Captain says, trying to give his communications officer a little bit of hope.
“If we can just figure out something” he says to Smith, before two green bolts hit him, he falls down, in pain. Suddenly another bolt hits the ground near smith, and he gets knocked to the floor.
“Captain…you were an above and beyond crewmember, for an Aussie” the two laugh, he had a habit of pointing that out, and now this would be the last time.
“Honestly…I’m glad I was on the same ship as you…” the Captain closes his eyes, as shots nearly miss him, suddenly his phaser gets knocked out of his hand, by another bolt that hit the nearby wall, creating a shockwave. Realizing that he was trapped, he had to think of a way to get out of this, and so he did.
“Detain this man!” the leader of the boarding party yells, and four troops walk over to him, Smith grabs a phaser, and turns his back for a moment, grabbing something else from his side, he then points the phaser at the window, but keep the other object concealed.
“You shoot me, I shoot the window, and you all go flying!” he yells, the men look worried, but the leader of them doesn’t.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m sure you would, after all, you don’t got the guts to.”
“Try me” he has a smirk on his face, a tired smirk, worn out from seeing all of his friends die, it fades, and he shoots, and a crack appears on the window, he drops the other object and runs, the people in there panic for a moment, worried that they’ll be sucked into space, he sprints, rushing to the escape pods. What the intruders don’t realize is that the other object was a projector, and the phaser was set to stun, creating a shock on the glass, he then projected a cracking effect, leaving them to believe it was cracking. He rushes to the pods, finding as many crew members as possible, killing several intruders among this journey. His last stop was the sickbay, where a whole team of intruders were watching the sick and wounded.
“Your times up!” he yelled as he shot all of them, leaving no invader alive, he lead this large amount of people out of there, and into the pods, two people for each one.
“I’m setting the landing zone for the nearest moon, see you all soon” he tried to emulate the former Captian, tried to show strength among terror, and it worked, he felt that he inspired, but deep down, he felt like a failure, he felt embarrassed that he could save his crewmembers, but most of all, he felt guilty, guilty that he survived and not the others. As the pods were launched, he reminisced about what just happened, but he knew, at least some of the crew was safe. From the window he could see the Colossus, is began to slowly drift downwards, pulled into gravity, as the invaders ships left, heading straight for their planet, of Wofrone. As Smith looks out from his window, he knows it’s over, but at the same time, he can tell this is the beginning, the beginning of a war between these people who called themselves Recensere, and as much as he wanted to fight back, he also didn’t want anything to do with it, and there he was flying down to a planet as the might Colossus fell from the sky, and he was alone, lost in the vastness of space.
Sunset on day 1 in Mt Cook National park. Its amazing to think the earth spins on its axis and orbits a star we call the sun. Without the sun we would be a cold unhabital planet. Sunset is the best time for a beer and some reflection.
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jacyaramargaret: Is this a thing? Why aren't I there? Ever?
eatatjoes2: @jacyaramargaret I don't know why you're never here. Shall I send an engraved invitation? :)
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The Revolution of thought as the mind spins in circles... an idea is given birth, which fills the space and defines its magnitude and velocity, creating its own Orbit !!
My buddy darksyntax got me interested in MFZ and Intercept Orbit in particular, so I built this fleet. My ships are based off of some of the work I did for SHIPtember 2013 flickr theme month last year. I figure I'll probably end up tweaking them for specific systems for the game once the rules are known.
The frame aces and companies are DRevD's awesome design with just very minor alterations due to my parts availability.
Check out the Mobile Frame Zero website: mobileframezero.com/
iss067e176807 (July 4, 2022) --- Rio De Janeiro, Brazil's second-most populous city, is pictured during an orbital night pass from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above. Boat lights can be seen dotted along the Guanabara Bay.
Orbit Coaches NK56 KKJ
Scania Omnicity
Former Go North East 5257
Rail Replacement between Nuneaton & Leamington Spa
Nuneaton
The ORL originally started as low orbit racing on earth, but as the Federation expanded, so did the racing.
The ORL is comprised of both space and atmospheric racing. This necessitates both accurate thrusters and air-foils. The two largest races of the season are of course around and on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
The Orbital Racing League is seen as many as the unifying factor for the system. With so much of the system now colonized, the ORL brings everyone's attention to the same race.
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As I have seen different creations from different builders, I have want to use many of the techniques and shapes. So I decided to make a theme of it. Stay tuned to see the different builders highlighted.
Perspektivwechsel. Orbitaler Sonnenaufgang, durch eine Lage leuchtender Nachtwolken gesehen.
Orbital sunrise seen through a layer of polar mesospheric clouds.
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Credits: NASA/ESA-A.Gerst
A general purpose two-person EVA unit, commonly used to construct, inspect or repair sections of the ISS-B.
Work boats sported second-generation manipulator arms, tentacles more precisely; the biomechanical design was found to be superior to the older jointed boom arms as the tentacle's algorithms would find the best route to the grasp point and also be capable of reaching through complex station beamwork. In effect, the workers could remain stationary with the arms found it's own way to it's target point.
A small, short range interceptor, the Orbital Pod is the workhorse of Orbital's secretive lunar takeover strategy.
Water fountain water droplet taken in a villa back in my China holiday tour. Thank you for viewing. Press "L" for lightroom view. The image looks a lot sharper in full view.
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- Digital Photo Professional; B+W conversion, sharpness increase, contrast improvement
- Photoshop CS5; crop, signature.
In this image, ESA’s new Solar Orbiter spacecraft is seen during preparations for a vibration test campaign at the IABG facility in Ottobrunn, Germany, in March 2019.
While the craft is at Ottobrunn, the Solar Orbiter mission control team located at ESA’s ESOC mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, is getting ready to establish data links to the satellite.
The live links, dubbed ‘system validation tests’, will see the flight team connect their mission control system to the spacecraft, as they will in future when the control systems on ground ‘talk’ to the spacecraft in orbit via radio signals transmitted by a ground station antenna.
“The prime objective of the system validation tests for any spacecraft is to validate that the mission control system can correctly send and receive telecommands to the satellite,” says ESA’s Jose-Luis Pellon-Bailon.
“The tests also confirm that the spacecraft launch configuration is as expected by the post-launch Flight Control Procedures.”
An initial series of system validation tests were run last summer, when Solar Orbiter was still at its manufacturer, Airbus Defence & Space UK, in Stevenage.
“Since then, it has moved to Ottobrunn where we will run the next series of tests in early May and early August, lasting nine days in total and running around the clock,” says Jose-Luis.
“Solar Orbiter will then move to the US for launch from Cape Canaveral, where we will run a final series of connection tests at the end of November.”
Solar Orbiter will be launched in 2020 to study how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the vast bubble of charged particles blown by the solar wind into the interstellar medium.
How we make a space mission
ESA is Europe’s space agency, enabling its 22 Member States to achieve results that no individual nation can match. ESA combines space mission development with supporting labs, test and operational facilities plus in-house experts covering every aspect of space, supported through the Agency’s Basic Activities.
Credit: ESA - S. Corvaja
This picture gives a look at the camera system that was used on all five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft. On August 14, 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1 became the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
The Lunar Orbiter Program, managed by NASA's Langley Research Center, was one of three uncrewed programs undertaken by NASA to collect data and help select site for the Apollo lunar landings. The low orbits around the Moon provided extensive photographic coverage of specified areas. The program was a series of five uncrewed Lunar Orbiter missions from 1966 through 1967. Intended to help select Apollo landing sites by mapping the Moon's surface,they provided the first photographs from lunar orbit.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 1967-L-05646
Date: June 21, 1967
Happy Macro Monday! The theme for the week is motion. This is a picture of a small children's toy that spins a couple of lights around.
Orangevale, Ca
Totally cool or what...? You just don't see this kind of architecture anymore for a gas station. I'll have a few shots of this Orbit gas station I'd like to share with you.
I trekked out to Orangevale to shoot this gas station and for a little sushi lunch this morning. I'm glad I was able to add this beautiful iconic gas station shots to my list of photographs.
I made this revamp of 6878 Sub-Orbital Guardian around a year ago. I wanted to keep it small, true to the original scale and use of the vehicle. This sacrifices poseability in the legs, though it will still shuffle quite well.
r = \frac{1}{u} = \frac{ h^2 / GM }{1 + e \cos (\theta - \theta_0)}
The above really is one of the orbital dynamics equations :-)
This image is a macro of an acrylic art piece that Mrs Mail bought a few months ago. I keep thinking about how to do a wider view of it, but wanting to do something special, yet haven't decided, so I have so far done a couple of macros, and find it quite mesmerising when looked at closely.
Watch this space.
Black and White (In Colour) Theme
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