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Second stage of my Space Marine Army project finished. Now there are two full squads of Marines, one Tactical and one Devastators, a Dreadnought, Land Speeder and a fully remotely controlled Power-Functions powered Predator tank.
My latest photo from the backyard in the stunning Lion Nebula in the constellation Cepheus.
To create this image I collected roughly 8 hours of total exposure time using Ha and OIII filters.
Camera: bit.ly/3ISZcsY
Telescope: bit.ly/3R7gacc
Mount: bit.ly/44T1uRj
Pleiades imaged from London on 7th January 2016
TS65 Quad Asrograph, Atik 314L+ CCD
300 seconds x 18 (1hr 30 mins) integration
Darks and flats applied.
Processed in DSS and Photoshop CS6
My entry to the Lego Ideas 90th Anniversary: Space Celebrations contest:
Lego Space to me means exploration, co-operation, and ingenuity to survive a challenging environment, with style! Here I tried to convey that spirit in a Dakar-style race. Each team has a driver and navigator for a wheeled vehicle:
#1: Ice Planet 2002’s rocket-powered car has excellent sat-nav.
#2: M:Tron’s articulated truck features a magnetic drive.
#4: Blacktron’s motorbike is the most agile.
#5: The second Blacktron entry is the fastest around corners.
#6: The Buggoids’ truck has 6-wheel independent suspension.
#7: U.F.O.’s quad features 4-wheel steering.
#11: The Martians put skates on a mech.
#31: Spyrius’ 8-wheeler has arms to move obstacles.
#33: The Exploriens’ solar-powered wheelbike has minimal effect on the environment.
#107: The Insectoids’ caterpillar train has many redundant power and drive modules.
#924: The veterans’ classic trike is always in with a chance of victory.
The Space Police ensure the competitors follow the rules on their motorbike with flashing lights.
Just a simple treatment of Space Mountain with a monorail in front of it. Sometimes, you don't need to be fancy.
'Now remember what I told you Syl, go easy with that bottle!'
'I still have to break it, don' tI?'
'Just the bottle Syl, not the ship!'
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Very slightly modified version of the space ship from small set 60224.
I have 2 smallish space shuttles, the one that came with the space station (set 60227) and this one. And for the last 3 weeks I have been trying this and that to come up with my own version, but those Lego designers knew what they were doing. Their design worked best...
In the end, I just added a pair of extra small wings to the front...
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Set 60229 came with one small robot-rover that would fit into the cargo bay of the shuttle-rocket (the one on the left).
I think it is designed along the lines of the Mars rovers we have send out in the last decades; a semi-autonomous vehicle with 6 wheels, an observation mast (here with stereoscopic cameras I think), solar power panels and something to drill/scoop/scratch the surface.
After not liking the big rover set (60225) it came as a surprise to me that this new line had small rovers that I did like!
It offers quite a bit of room for modifications, so I gave it a quick try. Seat and control panel for a human driver instead of AI unit. The drill was replaced by a laser drill (of course). And I stuck a proper communication dish on it. I think the basic design of this Rover offers as much possibilities for modification as the old tiny grey rovers from Classic Space. Just stick on diggers, claws, lasers, power packs or wherever you like, it will work…
'3... 2...1!
We have lift off!
We have lift off, shuttle 'Little Grasshopper' has left the platform for its maiden flight....'
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Building a full launch tower meant I had little use for the launch capability of the crawler from set 60229.
But while playing with all kinds of rocket and spaceship combinations I stumbled into this one.
It's the small spaceship from 60224, launched 'shuttle-style' with a big tank and solid rocket boosters, and the shuttle riding piggy-back.
And If I am going to turn the space station into a Shiptember-worthy spaceship, it's going to need a big fuel tank...
SpaceX launched this Falcon 9 mission from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base tonight, carrying a collection of 10 satellites into low-Earth orbit. The payload is destined for a constellation of communications satellites owned by Iridium Communications.
...just playing a little bass in space at Inspire Space Park in Second Life. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shinda/42/196/1560
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[UPDATE 10/23/11
Thank you to everyone who has looked at our project! The response has been completely overwhelming. We were itching to launch another one but after seeing the feedback, it makes us that much more excited to get it done. The next launch will be about 2 weeks from now, and that payload will have a video camera along for the ride as well! We've sorted out all the issues we had on this run, so all the images should be usable. Thank you again for all of the support and stay tuned for more images in the future!]
This is what space looks like from a weather balloon. We're working on determining exactly what altitude we got to, but I'd put it somewhere near 100,000 feet.
You can see about half of the city of Lubbock along the bottom of the photo just right of center.
We launched our little spacecraft (Cygnus) at 9:02am from 33° 49' 28"N 102° 53' 56"W, and it touched back down to Earth at 11:56am at 33° 19' 21"N 101° 59' 42"W. 62 miles from where it was released. This image was taken 1 hour and 55 minutes into the flight.
The camera was traveling in a styrofoam beer cooler from Wal Mart. The cooler was lifted into space using a 22 foot weather balloon filled with Helium. A parachute was attached to the cooler to slow and stabilize the fall of the cooler when the balloon eventually popped from lack of air pressure as it rose closer to the vacuum of space.
There were some issues with frost building up on the plexiglass shield and it actually ruined most of the images. Live and learn I suppose. We'll get it down next time. Most people we've seen do this online take 3-6 months of planning and preparation before they launch something. We did it in 13 days. I guess it's only fitting that we overlooked something. I'm just glad we found it and everything was still in one piece!
Because there was so much issue with frost, I did my best to remove it from this image. It made the curve of the Earth a little bumpy in the left half of the image, but you can see what it should look like toward the right edge.
Check out a video of the balloon being released here!
UPDATE 10/19/11
We made the local news! So awesome. Check out the story here. (I'll update this link if I get a higher quality video)
Legend of the Dragon Cores - Part 1: www.flickr.com/photos/90667187@N03/12570103415/
Legend of the Dragon Cores - Part 2: www.flickr.com/photos/90667187@N03/12570572274/
Legend of the Dragon Cores - Part 3: www.flickr.com/photos/90667187@N03/12570572274/
The Kage clan’s members are masters in the use of treachery to strike their enemies from the shadows. Most of their victims die without even knowing what killed them. Their Draconid, the Shadowbites, is a Dreadful opponent. With it’s speed and weaponry, and his ability to conceal itself and remain undetected, it will crush its enemies without warning.