Suborbital Atlantis

[spacefire]

The other day I was playing with Orbiter and I fired Atlantis straight up. It went to about 3500km. Nice ride.<br />For a tourist, I think that'd be even better than reaching LEO. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[henryhallam]

I think the TPS would struggle with that reentry, not to mention the g-forces.

 

[spacefire]

true, the re-entry coming straight down seemed pretty abrupt. Then again, Orbited doesn't model damage. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>