AMSO
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The AMSO (Apollo Mission Simulator for Orbiter) add-on demonstrates the flight to the Moon and back like in Apollo missions. Your crew can die, if you exceed the limits of the spacecraft. EVA's can be performed on the moon.
Basic features
- Simple user interface, consisting of only few keys
- Complex mission simulation, especially covering the lunar surface activities.
- Crew can die, terminating your whole mission.
Criticism
AMSO is a pretty simplistic add-on, when it comes to the user interface, including the intended lack of a cockpit panel or a VC. While it does a very detailed simulation of the mission profiles, it does not try to recreate the Apollo subsystems.
Also, after initial experiments, it dropped the support for the collision detection system Meshland, delaying such a feature until terrain collisions are implemented in the orbiter core itself.
Version 1.11
This AMSO version supported the whole basic mission profile, including detailed lunar surface activities and recovery. The landing sites got propped up with dynamically created rocks in various sizes.
Version 1.12
The current version of AMSO saw dramatic changes in its visual appearance, showing new photo-realistic meshes. The most dramatic change happened for the landing sites, now showing nearly realistic 3D terrains. Also the initially simple launch sequences saw great upgrades. Also the J-missions (Apollo 15 and following) now have a SIM bay which will can be deployed. It was released on Monday, July 16, 2007.
- Video of the new launch sequence, with focus on the LUT arms
- Video of the new launch sequence during night
- Video of a day launch in the new version
- Video of the Apollo 11 landing
The new Lunar Module visual
Rendezvous in lunar orbit
The new Command and Service Module visual
Separation of the Command Module prior reentry
Recovery of the crew after splash-down
Hadley Rille from 50m distance
Hadley Rille from 500m distance
Hadley Rille from 7 km distance
Hadley Rille from 32 km distance
Hadley Rille from 100 km distance
Hadley Rille from 300 km distance
Apollo 12 and Surveyor III
EVA on the hull of the CSM
The transmission antenna
Leaving the CSM for EVA
The orange soil spot
The new SIM bay
Sub-satellite being deployed from the SIM bay
Day launch
Night launch
The new launch utility tower
Comparison shot of the real terrain around "Shorty" crater and how it looks in AMSO 1.12
S-IVB stage of the Apollo 8 mission, showing the mass dummy for the LM.
Map of the Apollo 11 landing site, for the manual
View of the Apollo 11 landing site from above
See also