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                           Author: Wayne Haufler
                    Software Used: Imagine 2.0  (Impulse)
				   DPaint IV 
			   Format: IFF HAM non-overscanned

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This is every fifth frame in a short 50 frame (but 3Meg) animation 
of the launch of the future Delta Clipper spaceship, or DC-Y.

While I was home sick one week, I improved on my crude model of the
Delta Clipper rocket model, adding pivotable payload bay doors, payload
bay box and rails, pivotable control surfaces, and retractable landing
legs.  None of which move in the animation.  It is also now realistically 
colored, with a brushmap containing a U.S. flag, and SDI logo and a 
McDonnell Douglas logo, all drawn by yours truly in DPaint IV.

I also modeled the exhaust plume, though probably not very realistically, 
using a variant of the Apex newsletter's Flame Technique using Essence
textures.  To try this technique was most of my reason for doing this
project.

The lighting could have been much better; the logos look washed out.
The launch is against a blue sky with white clouds (sort of).
This sky object took forever to render.
The format is in non-overscanned HAM IFF (Amiga).  (I forgot to overscan).

SO WHAT IS IT?
The Delta Clipper is an exciting reusable SSTO (Single-Stage-To-Orbit-
And-Return) space transportation system being developed by McDonnell
Douglas for the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative).  Though it is not
classified, it also has not been very publicized.

To quote the brochure "Delta Clipper's robust vehicle design, streamlined 
ground turnaround, and autonomous flight operations are the keys to
reliable, low-cost routine space transportation."

It is different in that it will launch AND land vertically, much like
the rockets in old science fiction stories.  Believe It Or Not!  It also
promises to open space up to private industry, dropping the cost to
orbit dramatically.  We will see, the funding may not be there,
but I am hopeful.

CREDITS;
Most of the textures used in the enclosed pics are from the Essence
package by Steve Worley.  I highly recommend this package.  I used
cylindbricks on the vehicle, blobf on the sky, and variant of the Apex
newsletter's Flame Technique for the exhaust plume.

These are images rendered by me, Wayne Haufler. They were all done with
Imagine 2.0 on a 25Mhz A3000.  All of the images are Copyright (C) 1993
by Wayne Haufler, but are freely distributable as long as a copy of
this README is included with them. All rights (except for distribution
with the previous requirement) are reserved.

Wayne is a long time member of the Imagine mailing list and the founder
and virtual host of the GodlyGraphics mailing list.

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\\ /\\ /\\ //_    Wayne A. Haufler   [Christian/SW Engineer/XWindows/Amigan]
 \/--\// \//__    haufler@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov    McDonnell Douglas-Houston
     //     	  Hobby:  "Computer Animations For Christian Endeavors"

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