In Frontier and FFE the moon had a base, Apollonius City, that was mostly underground with some surface structures. According to lore it housed the Museum Of Humanity containing early space artefacts, but I never checked whether it was located at any of the Apollo sites. I'm sure someone else will have. The lore is from the gazetteer; In the games you could only land at the spaceport.But is the amount of work required going to be the obstacle, or is there any lore reason why they couldn't?
Many of us have been hoping that they've been doing just that since Horizons, although the enthusiasm has waned a little in recent years.And if it is the work required, why haven't they been chipping away at it for ages? (rhetorical question!!)
Yeah but look on the bright side, we have Holo-Me instead...I've got to admit, a surprise landable Moon for Apollo 11's 50th anniversary would be one hell of a PR win for the game. If FD didn't think to start working on this a few years ago, I bet they're kicking themselves now.
I've got to admit, a surprise landable Moon for Apollo 11's 50th anniversary would be one hell of a PR win for the game. If FD didn't think to start working on this a few years ago, I bet they're kicking themselves now.
I'm in
In January I extracted the coordinates of the landing from the NASA website:
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsjcoords.html
I am out in the black ATM so haven't tried to visit yet.
Perhaps we should have a 'where were you when Apollo 11 landed on the moon'? - I was on a Shell oil tanker in the Atlantic en-route to Trinidad
edit: just realised age is relevant here …
Wow, what a tripI remember it like it was yesterday.
I went to a neighbors home because they had color TV and we didn't. I used a 35mm camera - yes! with FILM!! - and took photos of the the TV screen to record the landing. I still have those 35mm slides in the closet.
A few years ago, my son was selected as a regional NASA representative in the high school explorer program and was awarded an all expenses paid trip to Kennedy Space Center for himself and a parent (me) for a one week "behind the scenes" tour of the entire space center. It was literally the opportunity of a lifetime as we started the tour on the Mercury launch pad at Cape Canaveral.
We saw EVERYTHING, including control rooms. launch pads, the vehicle assembly building and the vehicle refurb building and stood underneath Discovery and watched the tech work on tiles on the underside of the Shuttle. It was incredible for an old codge like me to be allowed to tour facilities not open to the public and exhilarating to know that it's not likely to ever be made available again.
A bit like owning a Cobra IV
I'm so jealous of that tour! Both times that I've visited KSC, a lot of areas were not open to the tour. Both visits were soon(-ish) after shuttle accidents (Challenger and Columbia), by random chance.
First Man, and the recent IMAX Apollo 11 Experience were wonderful. Even though First Man takes a few liberties, it got quite a lot right too.
I'm so jealous of that tour! Both times that I've visited KSC, a lot of areas were not open to the tour. Both visits were soon(-ish) after shuttle accidents (Challenger and Columbia), by random chance.
First Man, and the recent IMAX Apollo 11 Experience were wonderful. Even though First Man takes a few liberties, it got quite a lot right too.
At the Mercury pad, we actually went into the launch bunker and saw the old Burroughs computers that did the trajectory calculations that were also verified by Katherine Johnson, who we also had the privilege of meeting at a private luncheon with Nichelle Nichols also in attendance, long before the movie was even announced.
Oh man, the envy deepens! Excellent.
I've had a ship called Kitty Hawk in ED for exactly the same reasonYeah, I've been really hoping for a landable moon. Three of my ships are named after the Apollo missions and they're just itching to make the descent: Yankee Clipper and Intrepid (Apollo 12's CSM and LM respectively) and Kitty Hawk (Apollo 14's CSM). As a huge Apollo junkie I'm planning on making this journey but haven't officially signed up yet.
I've had a ship called Kitty Hawk in ED for exactly the same reason
Al Shepard is my favourite Astronaut.