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the mod in question was specifically based on Baxter's "Voyage"


* AlternateHistory: In some of the mods and add-ons (e.g. [[RedScare the Soviet Union narrowly beats the US to the first succesful Moon landing]], [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an Apollo Programme-derived spacecraft]] [[Film/CapricornOne lands on Mars in 1985]], etc.). Also, in the default scenarios Mir is still flying, and has been moved into a convenient orbit for lunar ejections.

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* AlternateHistory: In some of the mods and add-ons (e.g. [[RedScare the Soviet Union narrowly beats the US to the first succesful Moon landing]], [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an Apollo Programme-derived spacecraft]] [[Film/CapricornOne [[Literature/{{Voyage}} lands on Mars in 1985]], etc.). Also, in the default scenarios Mir is still flying, and has been moved into a convenient orbit for lunar ejections.

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''[[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/orbit.html Orbiter: The Free Spaceflight Simulator]]'' is a [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness diamond-hard]] realistic SimulationGame [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin involving spacecraft and spaceflight in general]]. It was created by Cambridge tutor Martin Schweiger for educational and entertainment purposes. The simulator has been in development roughly since 2000, and the latest stable version is ''Orbiter 2016'', released on August 30, 2016. The last version, ''Orbiter 2010 (Patch 1)'', was released exactly six years earlier.

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''[[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/orbit.html Orbiter: The Free Spaceflight Simulator]]'' is a [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness diamond-hard]] diamond-hard realistic SimulationGame [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin involving spacecraft and spaceflight in general]]. It was created by Cambridge tutor Martin Schweiger for educational and entertainment purposes. The simulator has been in development roughly since 2000, and the latest stable version is ''Orbiter 2016'', released on August 30, 2016. The last version, ''Orbiter 2010 (Patch 1)'', was released exactly six years earlier.



* MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness: As hard as humanly possible for a layman-accessible Spaceflight SimulationGame.
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zero context example


* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay

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* SpacePlane: The program comes with a fictional single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane known as the Delta Glider (with unrealistic engine efficiency), and there are mods like the [=XR2=] Ravenstar and [=XR5=] Vanguard.



* SpacePlane: The program comes with a fictional single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane known as the Delta Glider (with unrealistic engine efficiency), and there are mods like the [=XR2=] Ravenstar and [=XR5=] Vanguard.
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* SpacePlane: The program comes with a fictional single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane known as the Delta Glider (with unrealistic engine efficiency), and there are mods like the [=XR2=] Ravenstar and [=XR5=] Vanguard.
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* AlternateHistory: In some of the mods and add-ons (e.g. [[RedScare the Soviet Union narrowly beats the US to the first succesful Moon landing]], [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an Apollo Programme-derived spacecraft lands on Mars in 1985]], etc.). Also, in the default scenarios Mir is still flying, and has been moved into a convenient orbit for lunar ejections.

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* AlternateHistory: In some of the mods and add-ons (e.g. [[RedScare the Soviet Union narrowly beats the US to the first succesful Moon landing]], [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an Apollo Programme-derived spacecraft spacecraft]] [[Film/CapricornOne lands on Mars in 1985]], etc.). Also, in the default scenarios Mir is still flying, and has been moved into a convenient orbit for lunar ejections.
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Quicksand Box is now YMMV per TRS


* QuicksandBox: Once you master the basics, the possibilities offered by the game can get really addictive.
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** The sound mod only plays sounds while in cockpit view, and then only sounds you'd expect to hear from that perspective: engine noise, cabin ventilation, pilot notifications, et cetera. In third-person view, the sound mod used to play Bach's ''Air on the G String'', but now plays an electronic track known as "calm-spaces." There is a built-in MP3 player that allows you to play other music. You can play such songs as ''Killer Queen'', the Imperial March, the theme for ''Apollo 13'' and many others in-flight.

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** The sound mod only plays sounds while in cockpit view, and then only sounds you'd expect to hear from that perspective: engine noise, cabin ventilation, pilot notifications, et cetera. In third-person view, the sound mod used to play Bach's ''Air on the G String'', but now plays an electronic track known as "calm-spaces." There is a built-in MP3 [=MP3=] player that allows you to play other music. You can play such songs as ''Killer Queen'', the Imperial March, the theme for ''Apollo 13'' and many others in-flight.
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moved to YMMV subpage as it's a subjective, Just For Fun wick


* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/MicrosoftFlightSimulator'' meets ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'', without exaggeration.

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* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/MicrosoftFlightSimulator'' meets ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'', without exaggeration.
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''[[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/orbit.html Orbiter: The Free Spaceflight Simulator]]'' is a [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness diamond-hard]] realistic SimulationGame [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin involving spacecraft and spaceflight in general]]. It was created by Cambridge tutor Martin Schweiger for educational and entertainment purposes. The simulator has been in development roughly since 2000, and the latest stable version is 2010 P1 (Patch 1), released on August 31, 2010. The next major release, ''Orbiter 2015'', is currently in beta.

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''[[http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/orbit.html Orbiter: The Free Spaceflight Simulator]]'' is a [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness diamond-hard]] realistic SimulationGame [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin involving spacecraft and spaceflight in general]]. It was created by Cambridge tutor Martin Schweiger for educational and entertainment purposes. The simulator has been in development roughly since 2000, and the latest stable version is 2010 P1 (Patch 1), released on August 31, 2010. The next major release, ''Orbiter 2015'', is currently in beta.
2016'', released on August 30, 2016. The last version, ''Orbiter 2010 (Patch 1)'', was released exactly six years earlier.

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