Clavius Base (World of 2001: ASO add-on)
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| Clavius Base | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Description | ||
| Full name | Clavius Base | |
| Role | Spaceport | |
| Personnel | 500 | |
| Construction start date | date unknown | |
| Commision date | 1994 | |
| Operated by | USAA | |
| Basic Data | ||
| Body | Moon | |
| Dimensions | 1 km x 1 km | |
| Position | -15 (long) | |
| -59 (lat) | ||
| Elevation | 0.0 m | |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Launchapads | 4 | |
| Tanks | 1 | |
Clavius Base is a fictional lunar base featured in World of 2001: A Space Odyssey add-on for Orbiter space flight simulator (a closed source, freeware simulator by dr Martin Schweiger).
The base has been envisioned by Arthur C. Clarke's in a Space Odyssey series (2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: Odyssey Two, 2061: Odyssey Three and The Lost Worlds of 2001).
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[edit] Infrastructure
Spaceport infrastructure is extensive as can be expected from the primary American lunar base. Among facilities available there are:
- 1 primary launchpad (covered by the dome) for Aries Lunar Lander
- 3 secondary launchpads for Moonbus activities
- 6 storage hangars
- 6 maintenance hangars
- 6 fuel tanks
[edit] History and evolution
[edit] Position and neighbourhood
Clavius Base is located in the south-western part of Clavius crater at 59.0° S, 15.0° W.
Image:Orbiter-sim-No-image-yet-001.jpg Clavius Base and its immediate neighbourhood | Image:Orbiter-sim-No-image-yet-001.jpg Position of Clavius Base on Lunar surface | Image:Orbiter-sim-No-image-yet-001.jpg Position of Clavius Base on Lunar face |
[edit] Add-on genesis and evolution
[edit] Latest release
[edit] References
- World of 2001: A Space Oddysey - an add-on documentation by Erik "Sputnik" Anderson et al.
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[edit] See also
