The Space Shuttle began development in the 1970's and even before it flew for the first time engineers were developing new ideas to 'improve' the Space Shuttle hardware. Expanding its cargo envelope by putting payloads on the external tank, 'hammerhead' & 'lenticular' fairings, getting rid of the crew section, adding a massive passenger section and of course going full Xzibit and adding mini boosters to the regular boosters. Most of these pictures come from a review paper published in 2004, after the Columbia disaster, but before Constellation was decided upon. Shuttle Variations And Derivatives That Never Happened - An Historical Review Carl F. Ehrlich, Jr. & James A. Martin ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7wtXcaFws

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Using KerbalRPC you can write computer control software for vehicles and have them fly according to your orders. So Tuesday night was spent with code that made things hover why I fly around them and try some silly stunts. Originally Streamed on http://twitch.tv/szyzyg Unedited Stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIy2Hv9t8Pg ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRobUghnsDI

Sean & Archibald begin their long journey home, but after the discovery of the face it's been decided that there will be extra decontamination requirements. The Ramius Mk III takes flight and further expands the antimatter farm, unfortunately I completely forgot to test the air brakes while in the air. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Qvj97_mUg