I am new to this forum and would like to say hi to all the Mars-folks here!
I got Mars-"infected" around 10 years ago, after reading an article of David Williams about a crewed mission to Mars, since then I'm updating my knowledge of this subject from time to time. Now, because the graphics in the sim look pretty much alike the pictures in the article I read, I am curious if the designers/programmers of this sim are anyhow inspired by this article? The concept and even the technical details match, i.e. providing ERV-propellant by mixing reactants while on Mars. I am very thankful that you guys created this superb game (althoug still a demo yet) to allow others, including me
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, an in-depth view of what will going on on Mars when the first humans land there!
Beside that, I have a few questions regarding the sim:
Is there a reason for the absence of a game-clock or a timer?
Is there a keybinding for taking those jpeg-screenshots?
Now for my last question I might not be brave enough, so I cancelled it. (The question was: Is there a Pause key?...)
I am in the middle of mission one and so far I found water with the last of my GPR-shots plus drilling the place, now it's time to place the pumps exactly and fix that COHAB 50% OXYGEN warning! It's a lot of work for a single astronaut ...
Hopefully it will be an interesting time,
\Hank