' Wrote:the diffrence is that transports, are huge and have no arrodynamics at all. if they enter the atmosphere then they burn up because they DONT have heat resistent components. unlike the space shuttle. they just stay in orbit and have shuttles unload the cargo.
the docking ring slows ships down so they don't need to reenter the atomsphere at orbital speeds. they just dock with the ring. which slows them down and carrys them into the atomsphere. so they dont need heat resistent panals ether. transports dont fit in the rings.
but to stay on topic.
if you dont get caught, then go on. speed dock. save your self the 7 secounds it would take to do other wise. but if you get caught and are runnning dont speed dock. pleese..
it is out of rp and should get sanctioned. but A.D.M.I.N.'s ARE not allowed to enforce faction laws(well if they want to then they can, but then they should not be A.D.M.I.N's)
if admins start giving out sanctions to players for violating faction rules then i, along with meny players, shall stop playing the best mod since buttered bread(toast is spiffy)
Aerodynamics? So Freelancer is still living in the 20th century eh? Think maybe technology might have advanced a bit? Just maybe?
As for uploading cargo ... using TODAY's 20th century tech ... you can't use the space shuttle to bring up the cargo. Try old fashioned rockets ... better lift capability. Just think ... the ENORMOUS amount of lift and cargo space needed to load a Train. The space shuttle could (maybe) carry 5 units of any commodity. That's a lot of round trips for a shuttle. A bit too expensive.
So ... today's tech ... or future tech?
Oh ... and just how many ships can that mooring fixture hold? And at the altitude the mooring fixture is located ... it would be constantly moving around the planet. Its not in a geostationary orbit so it would not be sitting still. Not to mention being so close to the atmosphere ... adding more mass to the mooring fixture will cause the mooring fixture and all those ships attached to it to burn into the atmosphere. Its called the laws of physics and orbital mechanics.
