
Back at the end of January I mentioned that I was starting work on programming a new game called One Small Step. Well, at last I have some screen shots to show off. Those will be down at the bottom. It's actually taken a huge amount of work to get to this point, and I thought I share some of the details with you (hopefully without boring anyone too much). This might get a little long.
Some of the difficulty has been in determining the equations used to calculate the exact position of a body in orbit at a given point in time. I actually ended up purchasing two text books to help me deal with this issue (although I expect the books to help solve other problems for this and future programs as well).
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