Kerbal Space Program

I don't think I will ever qualify for NASA, so the next best fun and easy thing is KSP.
Kerbal Space Program, lets you build, launch, operate, and launch into planetary orbits you own space craft. Lots of fun going through the learning curve to a stable orbit. I made a little shuttle transport, that does not land well...crash landing... and a small space station to dock with.  Great for those cloudy days and nights.

That's me waving in the lower left image...8)

My heavy lift configurations

A wheely rover heavy landed at MUN...

a Very heavy lander at Min.....

Duna...no return...?

Wheely rover Bigdog-1 arrives and lands at Duna.....

Mun base cluster of landers....

Another wheely....

Star Ships small and big....

Small is goood.....a three part probe gets to orbit, I think this is the smallest craft that works. Also a lander that launches from the KSC pad and gets to Mun landing with juice to spare..

Helped Bob Kerman make a servo controlled telescope...

Flex-O-Rings......

UFO's.......

More UFO's and SMIGS (SMall Is Good Ships)....

An eclipse of the Kerbal Sun by Mun...??

Bob Kerman records and Solar eclipse by mun...

Made it to Plock and back only just....

DALEK - MECHJEB.....!!!

Some rovers and a big wing that can fly around Kerbal nonstop with fuel to spare...

A new mother ship for lander....

Refined the design to deliver 4 land pods....

Miner One - first mobile rover miner not efficient but works..

OOOHH!!   Asteroid mining.....

Playing with small mono powered lander....

more mining tests...

The ASTAR mining company completed initial tests on MUN....

The history of flight.....a Classic Shuttle .... and  more....

Mono powered stunt plane.....

A bigger miner that relocates...

My first sub ...a bit of a sinker.....

Sub II  a better swimer with ore ballast...got to -900m before touching the bottom and blow a ballast tank..

Big Blue long distance sub...does not sink 8( 

Deep dive and new mini sub with variable thrusters....

Space Planes..

My first proper-propeller plane a new fligth trainer, and the best a Helicopter that files great...but slow

Speedy boats and Sea Search and rescue ....

Philae's ride...

ESA/Rossetta have released some more images for the public to play with. Here is my old school sepia coloured version. Show some activity in the coma...image data courtesy of ESA/ROSSETTA

One fading...another Rising...

Two comets are currently good evening objects here in my backyard. Comet C/2012 K1 PANSTARRS is over head and fading as it moves away. While C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy is rising to be in high position near the zenith by late December. This comet is the one to watch it could get as bright as mag 5.0 and show a long dynamic tail.

Update- 20141212  The clouds finally passed and I was able to get a good set of 45sec images. The comet appears green and stellar, not much tail  to be seen here...

Update 20141214 - Tried  to get spectra data using a Star Analyzer 100, the fuzzy part.

update 20141217 - Another go at getting some spectra data, still to close to noise to have any thing definite....

update 20141220 - I can now see the tail in my images with an exposure of 60 secs. A combination of the comet getting closer and it rising higher in my sky.....sum of 14x60 sec  images using the EON 80 mm scope and unmodded canon 450D. processed from raw images.

Update 20141228 - Got some good 60 sec subs and a small group of spectra subs. Here is the result of processing using imagej.

Waiting for Philae..

The Rosetta lander Philae will be heading for a landing in the next few weeks. I wish I could be there for this historic event. So, I found my analogue for Philae while at the beach....

Something to think about, what would it be like , the sights and sounds of an active comet...??
My sandbox Philae lander ( a Gopro)....

Many years ago STEREO A got this close to 67P....8)