Elite / Frontier Desperate, fed up and had enough

[Glyndo]

I mentioned the THARGOIDS to the wife, and she brought me a tube of Preperation H

Haven't been able to stop laughing at that!

 

[Steve O B Have]

Re: Earth-rise - found this vid of the Japan Kaguya lunar orbiter filming the Earth-rise - pretty cool

http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080414-Kaguya

 

[ankhor]

I remember playing the original elite on C64 and then on Amiga. here is how I used to dock up until the docking computer.

fly towards the station entry point get as close as you can and cut engines.
then align the planet in the middle of your screen and fly towards it, the station is now behind you.
then after traveling a bit cut engines stop and then turn to face the station.

it should now be in the middle of your screen and you can use the rotate keys to match the station rotation and fly slowly into the station.

Good luck
DMG

Yep that is exactly how to do it, I did it the same way.
Well, at the end, in the beginning I blew up a lot.